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Revisions to incentive plans of public companies may be required by December 31, 2009, to avoid Section 162(m) deduction limitations

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2009

As a result of the position taken by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Rev. Rul. 2008-13, (see March 2009 GT Alert, Section 162(m): Actions that Should be Taken Early this Year to Avoid the $1,000,000 Deduction Limitation) public companies may need to amend their employment agreements, as well as their equity and other incentive plans, by December 31, 2009, to preserve the deductibility of performance-based awards for 2010 under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code

Are you ready for an IRS employment tax audit?

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 1 2009

Beginning in 2010 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials recently stated that the IRS will randomly audit approximately 6,000 U.S. employers for employment tax compliance and proper worker classification

Topics of interest are you ready for an IRS employment tax audit?

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 8 2009

Internal Revenue Service officials recently stated that the IRS will randomly audit approximately 6,000 U.S. employers for employment tax compliance and proper worker classification

Employers eligible for estimated $10.4 billion in tax breaks under HIRE Act

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 6 2010

According to a report issued this week by the Treasury Department, employers who have hired previously unemployed workers this year are eligible for an estimated $10.4 billion in tax breaks under the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act

Now is the time to hire: new law creates tax incentives to hire unemployed workers

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2010

Employers should be aware that they may be eligible for up to $7,621 in tax incentives for every unemployed worker they hire between February 4, 2010, and December 31, 2010

Quality Stores: the taxpayer wins again on tax refund for severance pay

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2010

On February 23, 2010, the taxpayer won its FICA tax refund suit for severance again in Quality Stores when its bankruptcy court victory was affirmed

New IRS voluntary initiative aims to provide significant tax relief to employers with employee-independent contractor misclassification issues

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 27 2011

Two developments announced by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the last few days show the continuing commitment of the IRS and the Department of Labor (DOL) to enforce the worker classification laws aggressively and to encourage businesses to properly determine and withhold employment taxes

Trainercoach is not employed

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • Netherlands
  • -
  • March 31 2011

An application for a Declaration of Income Tax Status is reviewed by the tax authorities on the basis of the information submitted by the applicant

‘They’re charging me with a crime?’ failures to pay over employment taxes are increasingly the subject of criminal charges

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 6 2011

Failures by a responsible person to pay over federal employment taxes formerly were handled almost exclusively through the imposition of penalties under sections 6672 and 3505 of the Internal Revenue Code strictly as matters of civil liability

Changes to the way termination payments are calculated

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 23 2011

From 6 April 2011, the new Income Tax (Pay as You Earn) Regulations 2011 come into force

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