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Exploring Carried Interest in Upper Tier Private Equity Structures — PE Pathways
Daily Compliance News: May 15, 2025, The Downfall in Davos Edition
Navigating Employee Leave and Reasonable Accommodation Requests Under the FMLA, ADA, and PWFA
By July 31, employers that sponsor self-funded medical plans must report and pay their PCORI fee. By July 31, employers that sponsor calendar-year employee benefit plans that are subject to ERISA must file a Form 5500 (unless...more
Did you know that you do not need to mail Form 1095-Cs if a notice is posted by March 3, 2025? At the end of last year, a new law was enacted that would allow employers to provide Form 1095-C only if requested, so long as the...more
President Biden recently signed two new laws that significantly reduce the ACA compliance burden for employers by streamlining Form 1095 reporting and minimizing penalties for failure to file and distribute Form 1095s to...more
New legislation liberalizing certain disclosure requirements under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) was passed at the end of 2024. Effective for 2024 reporting, mailing a paper copy of Forms 1095-C/1095-B is no longer...more
In the prior article we discussed the reasoning behind creation of a health and welfare committee to oversee administration of the health and welfare plans. In creating a charter, a plan sponsor will need to decide whether to...more
Just before the holidays, two bills impacting reporting under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), H.R. 3801 (EMPLOYER REPORTING IMPROVEMENT ACT) and H.R. 3797 (PAPERWORK BURDEN REDUCTION ACT), passed both houses and were sent to...more
The IRS has issued two forms (along with accompanying instructions) that corporations must use to satisfy the return and information statement requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended....more
The Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options (ISOs) by employees...more
Companies frequently grant incentive stock options (ISOs) or sponsor an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) to provide tax-advantaged equity incentives to employees that are U.S. taxpayers. One aspect of the tax-advantaged...more
This alert serves as a reminder of certain year-end reporting requirements imposed under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to...more
Annual Reporting on ISO/ESPP Transactions - As originally discussed in our December 16, 2010 blog article, the IRS issued final regulations in 2009 under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) that require...more
In late December, President Biden signed into law relief related to Code section 4980H employer mandate penalties and Code section 6055 minimum essential coverage (“MEC”) and Code section 6056 employer mandate reporting on...more
Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group highlights changes that will make it less burdensome in 2025 for plan sponsors to file Forms 1095-B and 1095-C under the Affordable Care Act....more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released IRS Form 15620, Section 83(b) Election (Form 15620), an approved form for taxpayers to use to make a Section 83(b) election. A taxpayer is not required to use Form 15620 to...more
The August Monthly Minute highlights new IRS guidance addressing student loan matching programs, HHS’s increases to civil monetary penalties and Form 5330 paper filing updates....more
As we’ve previously discussed, the IRS started issuing Letters 226J in late 2017. It continues to send these letters to employers each year proposing that the employer owes an Employer Shared Responsibility Payment (ESRP) for...more
On behalf of the ESOPs & Employee Benefits team, we hope you’re enjoying the first days of Spring, when the longer days allow more time to ponder the ever-changing landscape of employee benefits compliance. Please find below...more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (Section 6039) requires corporations to file returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and provide information statements to employees reporting exercises of incentive stock...more
As part of the routine administration of employee benefit plans, shortly after the end of a calendar year, many transactions must be reported to the federal government (“information returns”) and participants (“payee...more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options...more
The Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation recently issued final rules on employee benefit plan annual reporting requirements that are effective for plan years beginning on or...more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees and former employees and send information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options (ISOs)...more
Does your company's health plan provide prescription drug coverage? If so, you have until October 15, 2022 to send a notice to individuals who are enrolled in Medicare Part A or Part B and are eligible for the company's...more
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued new formal guidance that extends the deadline for providers of individual retirement accounts and individual retirement...more
New formal guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) extends the deadline for providers of individual retirement accounts and individual retirement annuities (IRAs) to file Form 5498 in response to the coronavirus...more