On August 21, 2018, the IRS released Notice 2018-68 (“Notice”) providing its initial guidance on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Act”) transition rule for changes made to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as...more
9/13/2018
/ Contract Terms ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Covered Employees ,
Executive Compensation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Section 162(m) ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) has significant implications for public company executive compensation plans for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 and will likely have a considerable impact on the future...more
As 2017 comes to an end, we are happy to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we are publishing our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. Part 1 covered year-end...more
11/17/2017
/ Deferred Compensation ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plans ,
Equity Compensation ,
Executive Compensation ,
FASB ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Information Statements ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
ISOs ,
Section 162(m) ,
Section 409A
As 2016 comes to an end, we are pleased to present you with our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. Like last year, we are presenting our “To Do” Lists in three separate Employee Benefits Updates. Part 1 of...more
11/7/2016
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plans ,
Equity Compensation ,
Executive Compensation ,
FASB ,
Incentive Stock Options ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Section 162(m) ,
Section 409A ,
Shareholder Approval ,
Year-End Planning
As 2015 comes to an end, we are pleased to present you with our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year we are presenting our “To Do” Lists in three separate Employee Benefits Updates....more
12/11/2015
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Executive Compensation ,
FASB ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Pay Ratio ,
Pay-for-Performance ,
Private Equity ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Section 409A ,
Year-End Planning
In this issue of the Corporate Communicator, we bring you an article about the SEC’s recently released proposal to adopt rules for the clawback of executive compensation. The proposal is already controversial and it may prove...more
8/20/2015
/ Board of Directors ,
Clawbacks ,
Corporate Officers ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Financial Statements ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Indemnification ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Section 409A ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
As 2014 comes to an end, we are pleased to present you with our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year we are presenting our “To Do” Lists in three separate SW Benefits Updates. Part 1 of the series...more
As 2013 comes to an end, we are pleased to present you with our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year we are presenting our “To Do” Lists in three separate Employee Benefits Updates. Part one of the...more