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What Employers Should Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/25/2025

On July 4, 2025, H.R.1, or what is being called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), was signed into law, introducing major reforms in tax and employee benefits that affect businesses and their employees. OBBBA is an...more

Retirement Plan Amendments and 2023 Year-End Action Items

Alston & Bird on 11/6/2023

Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group reminds plan sponsors to get ready for 2023 IRS year-end amendments and offers year-end action items....more

Policy Outlook: How The 2020 Election Outcomes Will Impact Your Business - Health Policy

McDermott Will & Schulte on 11/9/2020

In this session, health law policy authorities discussed changes likely in 2021 in a Biden Administration and how these changes will impact business objectives and strategies for health industry stakeholders...more

[Webinar] Policy Outlook: How The 2020 Election Outcomes Will Impact Your Business - November 5th, 12:00 pm - 2:15 pm EST

McDermott Will & Schulte on 10/22/2020

Are you prepared for the critical impacts of the US election outcome to you and your business in 2021 and beyond? Join McDermott’s lawyers and our policy and lobbying team for perspective on the effects of administration...more

New Planning Opportunities Inspired by IRS Memo on Taxation of Equity Awards

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/27/2020

Synopsis - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a Generic Legal Advice Memorandum, GLAM 2020-004 (the IRS Memo) dated May 18, 2020 addressing the timing of income and payroll tax withholding on three types of employee...more

Executive Compensation at Tax-Exempt Organizations Back in the Limelight – IRS Issues New Guidance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/12/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The IRS recently issued proposed regulations providing guidance under Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section 4960, which provides for an excise tax on tax-exempt organizations that pay certain executives in...more

[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 6/22/2018

Best Best & Krieger Labor & Employment attorneys discussed new legislation and case law impacting California employers - private and public. What Was Discussed -Legislation passed in 2017 -Wage and hour update ...more

Three new acts change tax and employee benefit rules and might require employer action

Hogan Lovells on 3/21/2018

Congress and the Administration have been busy recently, enacting not only the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" or "TCJA" on December 22, 2017, but also a Continuing Resolution on January 23, 2018, and the Bipartisan Budget Act of...more

Annual Reporting Requirements for Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plans (UPDATED)

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/26/2018

Requirement to Report For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2017 or (2) transfer during 2017 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), the...more

Tax Bill Means Changes to Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog on 1/12/2018

On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law a tax bill reconciling both the House and Senate versions of the so-called Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Act’s major provisions are lowering the corporate tax rate to 21%...more

New Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Affects Employee Benefit Plans and Executive Compensation Arrangements

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/3/2018

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law by President Donald J. Trump shortly before Christmas, is the most significant tax reform legislation in more than 30 years. ...more

How Tax Reform Will Affect Employee Benefit Plans

Troutman Pepper Locke on 12/28/2017

On December 22, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1 (the Act), which makes widespread changes to the Internal Revenue Code. The Act makes several changes to the rules governing retirement plans, welfare plans and...more

The Impact of the 2017 Tax Reforms on Employment-Based Benefits and Tax-Favored Compensation

BakerHostetler on 12/26/2017

Whenever the United States Congress takes up “tax reform,” there always is a danger that the Congress will pay for such tax reform, in part, by eliminating many of the tax incentives that enable employers to provide...more

New Tax Plan Changes Rules on Health Coverage, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

Baker Donelson on 12/26/2017

While primarily focused on individual and business tax cuts and reform, the final Republican tax cut bill includes several provisions expected to impact health care coverage and expenses. First, the bill effectively repeals...more

Preparing for Tax Reform: The Current State of Play on Proposed Changes to Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/20/2017

On November 16, 2017, the House of Representatives voted to approve its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Senate is expected to vote on its version of the bill following the Thanksgiving break, which would require a...more

Proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Would Send Executive Compensation Back to the Stone Age

K&L Gates LLP on 11/15/2017

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as initially proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives on November 2, 2017, includes provisions that would dramatically impact many common incentive and deferred compensation programs, including...more

A Trump Presidency: Potential Impact on Employee Benefits Law and Policy

Franczek P.C. on 11/10/2016

For many months, we have been speculating about how the results of the 2016 presidential election would impact employee benefits policy going forward. Now that Donald Trump has won the election and Republicans have secured a...more

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