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Deferred Compensation is a financial arrangement whereby a portion of an employee's current wages are distributed at a later time, usually to delay tax liability. Deferred compensation often takes the form of... more +
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Retirement Plans: Will January 1, 2024 Effective Date for Age 50 Catch-Up Contribution Changes Be Delayed?

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Section 401(k) Plans, Section 403(b) Plans and governmental Section 457(b) Plans generally permit employees to defer compensation on a pre-tax basis. These plans may also provide the opportunity for employees to defer...more

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Mid-Year Retirement Benefits Update

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The Internal Revenue Service has been busy issuing guidance over the last month or so on various retirement benefit issues. We want to be sure you are aware of these important updates. Retirement plan and IRA liquidity...more

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ERISA Newsletter - Fourth Quarter 2017

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Editor's Overview - For over two decades, federal law has required covered health plans and insurers to ensure that certain mental health benefits are in parity with offered medical/surgical benefits. The meaning of...more

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GOP Tax Reform: Impact on Executive Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans

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The tax reform act, formerly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), was approved by House and Senate Republicans and is ready to be signed into law by President Donald Trump. President Trump is expected to sign the...more

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Simple IRA Retirement-saving Solution

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Originally published on Badger Common'Tater - November 2017 Workplace retirement programs play an important role in attracting and retaining employees, helping workers (and owners!) save, and provide significant tax...more

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IRS announces 2018 retirement plan limits

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As 2017 nears its end, we already have the retirement plan limits set for 2008 by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). For 401(k) plans, the 2018 limit for salary deferrals contributions is $18,500, up $500 from 2017’s...more

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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On November 2, 2017, the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives released its tax reform bill titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “House Bill”). On November 6, 2017, Kevin Brady, Chairman of the...more

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House Bill Proposes Major Modifications To Employee Compensation And Benefits-Related Laws; Initial Amendments Provide Limited...

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act proposed by the US House of Representatives on November 2 (House Bill) proposes major modifications to employee and partner compensation and benefits-related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code,...more

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The Proposed Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Would Make Sweeping Changes To Executive Compensation And Employee Benefits

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On November 2, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) (the “Bill”) as part of proposed tax reform legislation. The Bill is sweeping in scope and provides for significant changes to...more

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Major Impact on Employee Benefits

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The House GOP tax reform bill introduced Nov. 2, 2017, would have a major impact on employee benefits, including executive compensation, qualified retirement plans, fringe benefits and tax-exempt organizations. If adopted,...more

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GOP Tax Bill Outlines Significant Changes for Benefits and Compensation

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The Committee on Ways and Means yesterday released the proposed Republican tax reform bill, titled the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act." Although the proposed bill makes major changes to individual and corporate tax provisions in many...more

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2016 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

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In 2016, we continued to experience a period of relative stability in our federal transfer tax system and have been able to plan without expecting imminent significant changes to the system. Under the American Taxpayer Relief...more

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The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - June 2016

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Editor's Overview - In this month’s newsletter, our colleagues focus on two sets of legislative updates. First is a discussion of the IRS’s proposed Treasury Regulations prescribing rules under Section 457 of the...more

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Split-dollar Life Insurance – A Tax-Leveraged Derivative for Hedge Fund Managers

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The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ended the not so discrete secret of hedge fund managers, the deferred compensation arrangement with their offshore funds or as the New York Times described, “an unlimited Super...more

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Domestic Partnership Agreements: Financial Disclosures and Privacy

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To reduce risk of later attack on the domestic partnership agreement, domestic partners should make fair and reasonable financial disclosures to each other prior to signing the agreement. Each partner should disclose to the...more

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Rappelling Down the Fiscal Cliff – Strategies for Cushioning the Fall – Part I

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Ready, set, go! Following the Presidential election last night, the race is on for year-end tax planning and bracing for the fall off the fiscal cliff. While no one can tell exactly what the tax outcome will be after...more

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The Super Roth IRA[1] - Part 1

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The Roth IRA is the better-looking (and smarter!) cousin of the traditional IRA. The Roth IRA came into existence in 1997 as part of the Taxpayer Relief Act. The provision was named for Senator William Roth of Delaware. ...more

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Year-End Tax Planning 2011

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Year-end tax planning is especially challenging this year because of uncertainty over whether Congress will enact sweeping tax reform that could have a major impact in 2012 and beyond. Even if there is no major tax...more

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