Checklist of Year End Executive Compensation Issues
"Of unique importance for the 2009 calendar year, the Notice provides one-time transition relief for non-insiders. Under this transition relief, 2009 will be treated as the immediately following taxable year for correction of operational failures occurring prior to 2008, which should result in less severe tax penalties. In addition, companies should be cognizant that certain general income tax principles may provide opportunities to make same-year corrections to Code Section 409A violations without relying on the Notice for relief. Finally, Code Section 409A regulations occasionally provide relief from certain apparent operational failures. For example, a payment made up to 30 days prior to the scheduled due date may not be treated as a violation of Code Section 409A."
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
ABA and Skadden Get 409A Clarity from IRS
Skadden summarizes 409A Q&A session with IRS
"Annually, the American Bar Association's Joint Committee on Employee Benefits organizes a conference with IRS and Treasury officials to present written questions and proposed responses for reaction from the government panelists. Although the government's responses to these interpretive and practical questions do not constitute official guidance and cannot be relied upon, this year's responses to questions posed by Skadden, Arps and other practitioners help clarify the government's position on some of the difficult questions that remain unanswered by the Treasury regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A relating to taxation of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement."
"Annually, the American Bar Association's Joint Committee on Employee Benefits organizes a conference with IRS and Treasury officials to present written questions and proposed responses for reaction from the government panelists. Although the government's responses to these interpretive and practical questions do not constitute official guidance and cannot be relied upon, this year's responses to questions posed by Skadden, Arps and other practitioners help clarify the government's position on some of the difficult questions that remain unanswered by the Treasury regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A relating to taxation of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement."
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
IRS Says it Will Guide on 457A
Will provide guidance and issue private rulings on 457A.
"The IRS is planning to issue guidance on a number of issues involving Code Sec. 457 deferred compensation plans, officials from Treasury and the IRS indicated. In the meantime, the IRS is issuing private letter rulings and responses to congressional inquiries on hardship issues, grandfathered plans and other concerns, Cheryl Press, a senior attorney with the IRS Associate Chief Counsel (Tax Exempt and Government Entities), stated."
"The IRS is planning to issue guidance on a number of issues involving Code Sec. 457 deferred compensation plans, officials from Treasury and the IRS indicated. In the meantime, the IRS is issuing private letter rulings and responses to congressional inquiries on hardship issues, grandfathered plans and other concerns, Cheryl Press, a senior attorney with the IRS Associate Chief Counsel (Tax Exempt and Government Entities), stated."
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