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Hiring & Firing › Tax Exemptions

Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and... more +
Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings.  less -
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Is Your Business Eligible for Portland’s New Tax Breaks?

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A number of clients of my law firm, Tonkon Torp LLP, have asked about the recently-announced city of Portland business license tax break for signing a downtown Portland lease and about the Enterprise Zone tax exemption for...more

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Littler Global Guide - Spain - Q4 2019

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Workers of Gig-Economy Platforms are Employees, Madrid’s Court of Justice Rules - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On November 27, 2019, the Superior Labor Court of Madrid issued a binding...more

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Dear Littler: Can Employees be Exempt from Income Tax?

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Dear Littler: My company recently hired a new employee who is giving our human resources department some pushback on submitting his W-4. The HR manager says the employee mentioned something about not being subject to income...more

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Government Set to Overhaul Taxation on Termination Payments

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Currently, non-contractual compensation payments made solely on account of termination of an individual’s employment enjoy a favourable tax treatment in two respects – the payment can be made without deduction of income tax...more

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U.S. Tax Court Decision Shows Importance of Carefully Drafting Settlement Agreements

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In Sharp v. Commissioner, the United States Tax Court once again demonstrated the importance of carefully crafting settlement agreements and reaffirmed that emotional distress damages are taxable income to the recipient....more

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