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On March 15, 2013, the IRS issued a private letter ruling responding to a request for a determination of whether incentive awards paid to class representatives under a settlement agreement resolving a class action suit...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has posted additional procedures explaining how employers and employees can obtain refunds of overpaid federal income, Social Security and Medicare (FICA) taxes after the 2012 transportation...more
Employers that paid federal income tax (FIT) and Social Security and Medicare (FICA) taxes on the value of health care benefits provided to employees' same-sex partners for tax years 2009 and after should consider whether...more
In an important recent decision, United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., et al., Case No. 01-1563, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18820 (6th Cir. Sept. 7, 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that supplemental...more
When the Supreme Court ultimately decides United States v. Windsor, it could strike down the portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that prohibits married same-sex couples from receiving the federal benefits provided...more
As previously reported, the payment of certain severance benefits may be exempt from FICA taxes. Under the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Quality Stores, severance pay made in connection with an involuntary separation from...more
If you currently owe back income and/or payroll taxes, the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) recently initiated "Fresh Start Program" may now make either (1) the installment agreement or (2) an Offer in Compromise (OIC) a more...more
In This Issue: - 2013 – What's On the Horizon - Changes Confirmed - Changes Expected In 2013 But No Implementation Date ...more
In United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., the Sixth Circuit held that payments of supplemental unemployment benefits (SUB payments) are not taxable wages subject to FICA tax withholding. Although the issue is not finally...more
A recent Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision concluded that severance pay provided to employees as a result of layoff or discontinuance of a plant, operations or other similar condition is exempt from FICA taxes....more
Recently, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that awards of back pay and front pay under Title VII constitute “wages” under the Internal Revenue Code and are therefore subject to statutory withholding requirements....more
Everyone knows that taxes are inevitable. Except perhaps one employee who won his Title VII case but complained that the employer shouldn’t have made withholdings for taxes when it paid out the judgment. The Second Circuit,...more
In This Issue: Taxpayers Prevail Where Department Used Unreasonable Audit Methodology; Motion Pictures Delivered in Digital Form are not Subject to Sales Tax; Guidance for Employers for Withholding on Nonresident...more
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: The ESOP Association submits comments on corporate tax reform to House committee; ESOP champion Olympia Snowe not running for reelection; Pro-ESOP legislation garners support; Bear Stearns agrees to...more
In This Issue: A monthly newsletter covering the latest developments in UK Employment Law. Case Update - 1 News Update - 4 Excerpt from Case Update: TEAM MOVES AND SPRINGBOARD INJUNCTIONS In the recent case...more
Shortly (eight days) after a series of transactions under which Imasco Inc.’s Shoppers Drug Mart business was transferred to Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. (Shoppers) and then sold (share sale) to institutional investors, Mr. Boys’...more
In This Issue: Congressional Super Committee Fails to Agree on Deficit Reduction Measures; Supreme Court to Resolve Statute of Limitations for Overstatements of Tax Basis; IRS Rules That Gift to Charity of Non-voting...more
In This Issue: - The Supreme Court’s Ruling in CIGNA Corp. v. Amara - New Proposed 162(m) Regulations Unexpectedly Limit IPO Transition Rule Please see full newsletter below for more information and links. ...more
In This Issue: - 01 U.S.-Colombian Accord On Labor Issues And U.S.-Panamanian Accord On Tax Information Open Way For Congressional Action On Three FTAs; Timing And Legislative Process Still Uncertain - 02 Federal...more
The Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor and Department of Health and Human Services published new rules in the Federal Register on August 26 regarding the new requirements for external claims appeals procedures for...more
On August 13, 2010, effective August 27, 2010, the New York legislature enacted Chapter 379, turbo-charging the New York False Claims Act (“FCA”), N.Y. State Fin. Law § 187 et seq., and providing would-be whistleblowers with...more
A detailed description of the country's major "whistleblower" law, the False Claims Act and its "qui tam" provisions, which allow private citizens to report fraud against the government and share in the government's recovery...more
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