Tax Liability

Nonresident Employee Avoids New York Taxes On Deferred Compensation Payment

by Angela Bohmann | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee... on 5/13/2013

A taxpayer we will call John worked for a savings bank in New York that was acquired by Washington Mutual Bank. John participated in the New York bank’s supplemental executive retirement plan (SERP) and its deferred...more

A Tax Opinion CAn Protect EB-5 VISA Status.

by Sanford Millar on 5/7/2013

An EB-5 Visa is known as an "investor" visa. The following is an explanation of the EB-5 program...more

Doing Business in the U.S.

In This Issue: - Preface - Chapter 1 Choice Of A Business Entity - Chapter 2 Introduction To Federal Securities Laws - Chapter 3 From Let’S Go Shopping To Closing: U.S. M&A Process - Chapter 4...more

Meet Five Celebrities Who Have Had Worse Tax Days Than Yours

by Stefanie J. Lipson | Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger... on 4/15/2013

In celebration of Tax Day today, we here at Law Law Land offer tribute to our favorite celebrity/IRS run-ins. Now, lest you think this is just another list airing dirty celebrity tax laundry, think again. This is a classy...more

Federal Appeals Court Holds That Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Benefits Are Not ‘Wages’ Subject To FICA Taxation,...

by Robert Hertzberg, Lisa B. Petkun, Michael Reed | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 4/15/2013

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

Don’t Get Screwed by Your Spouse on Tax Day

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 4/15/2013

Tax day is Apr. 15, as many consumers making last-minute trips to the post office are already painfully aware. What some people might not realize is that tax day may be the day that they get screwed over financially by their...more

Court Of Federal Claims Upholds 409A "Gotcha"

by Kevin Wiggins | Saul Ewing LLP on 4/10/2013

If your company has been cavalier about Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, you should reconsider. In a recent opinion by the United States Court of Federal Claims, the IRS scored the first points – more than $5 million of...more

New York Bankruptcy Court Adopts Expansive View of Section 363 Free and Clear Assets Sales

by Dechert LLP on 4/8/2013

Introduction - In a recent decision, the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York broadly interpreted the meaning of “interest” in the context of determining the scope of a sale free and clear of “liens,...more

Do I Have To Pay Taxes On My Personal Injury Settlement?

by Law Office of Paul B. Genet on 1/22/2013

A personal injury lawsuit can be a long journey. Starting with an injury that may be painful, life altering and debilitating, it continues with an investigation, lawsuit, discovery, and in some instances, trial. Reaching a...more

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