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Revisiting Executive Compensation and Employee Incentive Plans
Companies frequently grant tax-advantaged incentive stock options (ISOs) or sponsor a tax-advantaged employee stock purchase plan (an ESPP) to provide tax-advantaged equity incentives to employees that are U.S. taxpayers. One...more
As a reminder, the Internal Revenue Code requires that you furnish an information return to each individual (“optionee”) who exercised an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2022 and to each individual (“transferor”) who...more
Annual Information Statements and IRS Returns Requirement to Report For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2021 or (2) transfer during 2021 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a tax-qualified...more
This White Paper highlights some of the principal annual reporting requirements for employee stock plans that multinational companies most commonly encounter when offering these programs to their employees in selected...more
Annual Information Statements and IRS Returns - Requirement to Report - For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2020 or (2) transfer during 2020 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a...more
This alert serves as a reminder of certain year-end reporting requirements imposed under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to incentive stock option exercises and transfers of stock...more
Requirement to Report - For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2019 or (2) transfer during 2019 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), the...more
Now that 2019 has begun, corporations should be aware of IRS reporting requirements regarding certain 2018 stock transactions with their employees. Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the...more
As reported in Part 3 of our 2016 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List, Section 6039 of the Code requires employers to provide a written information statement to each employee or former employee and file information returns...more
Requirement to Report For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2017 or (2) transfer during 2017 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), the...more
The Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017 was recently signed into law creating two important changes in executive compensation, which we outline below. The Tax Bill Permits Certain Employees to Elect to Defer Taxation of Qualified...more
Annual Information Statements and IRS Returns - Requirement to Report - For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option ("ISO") during 2016 or (2) transfer during 2016 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a...more