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TRAs: Benefits, Complexities (and Private Jets) Explained with Tax Attorney David Peck

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TRAs can be advantageous if used properly. When you get numbers in front of people in the right situation, it catches their attention. The key is to get people focused and make sure they understand the complexities. In this...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FAQs: UK Employee Equity Incentive Annual Reporting Deadline Approaching

2023/2024 Annual Returns Must Be Filed by July 6, 2024 - Companies operating employee equity incentive arrangements in the United Kingdom, including companies incorporated or registered outside of the United Kingdom, are...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FAQs: UK Employee Equity Incentive Annual Reporting Deadline Approaching - 2022/2023 Annual Returns Must Be Filed by July 6, 2023

Companies operating employee equity incentive arrangements in the United Kingdom, including companies incorporated or registered outside of the United Kingdom, are mandated to file an online annual return with HM Revenue &...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

IRS Issues Final Regulations Regarding Certain Employee Remuneration in Excess of $1 Million Under Section 162(m) of the Code

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended, the “Code”) imposes a $1 million deductibility limit on compensation paid by “publicly held corporations” to “covered employees.” As reported in our previous...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Proposed 162(m) Regulations Add Another Layer of Executive Compensation Issues in M&A

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) upended public company compensation structures nationwide. Prior to the TCJA, Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, generally provided for a $1 million...more

Troutman Pepper

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations On Section 162(M)'s Executive Compensation Deductibility Cap

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On December 20, 2019, the IRS issued proposed regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code....more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

New Section 162(m) Proposed Regulations

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) made significant changes to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Section 162(m)), expanding the scope of individuals and entities subject to Section 162(m), in addition to...more

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New Excise Tax For Tax-Exempts Can Ensnare For-Profit Employers: Comment Deadline Fast Approaching

As discussed, the IRS’s initial interpretation of a new excise tax under Section 4960 of the Internal Revenue Code could catch for-profit employers who set up foundations, trusts, PACs, and other tax-exempt entities off...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Executive Compensation Trends and Issues: A Q&A With Marissa J. Holob

Marissa Holob is chair of the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits practice. She advises clients on a wide range of executive compensation and employee benefits issues, including those that arise in the context...more

Holland & Knight LLP

IRS Notice Provides Guidance for Exempt Organizations on Excise Tax

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• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released IRS Notice 2019-09 (Notice) offering guidance under Section 4960 of the Internal Revenue Code as added by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. • Section 4960 applies to certain...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Revising 162(m) Disclosures in Proxy Statements

The Section 162(m) deduction limit for performance-based compensation was repealed by the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, subject to transition relief. ...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New IRS Guidance Regarding Section 162(m)’s Deduction Limitation for Executive Compensation – Increased Complexity and Reduced...

The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) recently issued Notice 2018-68 (the “Notice”) that provides guidance regarding the application of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 162(m)”)...more

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FAQs on the New 162(m) Guidance

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We previously blogged about the guidance released by the IRS in Notice 2018-68 (the “Notice”), which addressed some of the changes made to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 162(m)”) in the 2017 tax reform...more

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IRS issues initial guidance on application of Code Section 162(m) as amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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On August 21, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2018-68 containing much-awaited interpretive guidance on Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended by last year's tax reform act (Tax Act), including...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

IRS Provides Initial Guidance on Section 162(m) Tax Reform Changes

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Notice 2018-68 clarifies certain Section 162(m) issues with respect to covered employees and grandfathering of written binding contracts. Key Points: ..“Covered employee” determination is not affected by whether or not...more

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IRS Issues Guidance on Section 162(m) Changes

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On August 21, the IRS issued Notice 2018-68 to provide guidance on changes to Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m), enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). Section 162(m) generally limits the tax deduction...more

Snell & Wilmer

The 162(m) Transition Rule Guidance Has Arrived

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On August 21, 2018, the IRS released Notice 2018-68 providing its initial guidance on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Act) transition rule for changes under 162(m). Before the Act, 162(m) limited a public company’s tax deduction...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

IRS Issues Guidance on Section 162(m)

As noted on our Benefits Notes blog, on August 21, 2018, the IRS issued its initial guidance on the amendments to Section 162(m) made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, in the form of Notice 2018-68. The guidance is fairly limited...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

IRS Guidance Provides Some Clarity, but Leaves Questions Unanswered under 162(m)

On August 21, 2018, the IRS issued its initial guidance on the amendments to Section 162(m) made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, in the form of Notice 2018-68. The guidance is fairly limited and does not completely address...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Understanding And Planning For The Excise Tax On Executive Compensation Paid By Tax-Exempt Employers

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In the past decade or so, the competition for executive talent in the tax-exempt sector of the United States economy has increased. Executives seldom begin and end their careers with the same organization and there is...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Ninth Circuit Upholds Validity of Cost-Sharing Regulations that Stray from Arm's-Length Standard

On July 24, 2018, in the Altera Corp v. Commissioner decision, the Ninth Circuit overturned a 2015 U.S. Tax Court opinion and upheld the validity of regulations requiring taxpayers to treat stock-based compensation as a cost...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

162(m) Deductions for Executive Compensation: Transition Rule

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Old Rule - Except for special rules that apply to public companies, the reasonable compensation of all employees is fully deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense. Before this year the compensation...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Tax-Exempt Organizations

As mentioned in our January 2018 Client Advisory, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), signed into law at the end of 2017, contains significant changes affecting the tax treatment of certain fringe benefits and executive...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Tax Reform Curbs Fringe Benefits

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law on December 22, 2017. The Act modifies the tax consequences of certain employer-provided fringe benefits, including those related to transportation, moving, meals, entertainment,...more

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Changes to 162(m) Made by Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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The final Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) signed into law December 22, 2017, and effective January 1, 2018, contained three significant changes to Internal Revenue Code section 162(m) in connection with reducing the...more

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