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Quality Stores Severance Pay Payroll Taxes

Foley Hoag LLP

Supreme Court Finds that Severance Pay is Wages for Purposes of Payroll Taxes

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On March 25, 2014, the Supreme Court held in United States v. Quality Stores, Inc. that severance payments are taxable wages for FICA purposes. This decision confirms employers’ responsibility to treat severance pay as...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Employee Benefits: FICA Refund on Severance Pay?

Following a major new development on the coverage of severance pay under Federal payroll tax (FICA) rules, affected employers should consider filing protective tax refund claims with the IRS....more

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Preserve Your Right To A Payroll Tax Refund

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A disagreement between two federal appeals courts regarding whether payroll taxes must be paid on severance payments made to laid-off workers has landed the issue in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Oral arguments began...more

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Sixth Circuit Will Not Rehear Quality Stores Decision that Severance Pay in Connection with a Reduction in Force is not Subject to...

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On September 7, 2012, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held in United States v. Quality Stores, Inc. that severance payments to former employees pursuant to an involuntary reduction in force are not taxable "wages" for...more

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