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French Tax Administration Issues Draft Comments on Management Package Tax Reform

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On July 23, 2025, the French Tax Administration released its initial draft guidance in the BOFiP (Bulletin Officiel des Finances Publiques) (the “Tax Comments”) on the new tax regime for Management Packages introduced by the...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Enacts Important Health and Welfare Plan Updates

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On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), a sweeping piece of legislation that includes several provisions impacting employer-sponsored health and welfare benefit plans. The OBBB...more

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IRS Proposes Regulations on Expanded Definition of Covered Employee Under Code Section 162m

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code prohibits a publicly held corporation from taking compensation-related tax deductions with respect to the compensation of a “covered employee” to the extent the compensation exceeds...more

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IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on the Expanded Definition of "Covered Employee" Under Code Section 162(m)

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On January 16, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations ( 90 FR 4691) under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 162(m) generally limits the deductibility of compensation paid in any...more

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How Now, High Five? IRS Issues Proposed Regulations for the Expanded Definition of “Covered Employee” Under Section 162(m) that...

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On January 16, 2025, the IRS issued proposed regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), which limit the amount of compensation a publicly held corporation may deduct for wages paid to...more

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IRS Announces Proposed 162(m) Regulations Defining the Scope of Expanded Covered Employees

On January 16, 2025, the IRS and the Department of the Treasury published proposed regulations relating to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The proposed regulations provide guidance on, and implement, the...more

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Incentivizing Employees: Avoiding a Salary Deferral Arrangement

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Incentivizing employees is a critical component of most business strategies. Employers may implement arrangements for deferred cash bonuses, often subject to the satisfaction of certain criteria. From a tax perspective, the...more

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IRS Provides Required Minimum Distribution Relief for 2021 and 2022

Retirement plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are subject to required minimum distribution rules under Internal Revenue Codes Section 401(a)(9). The SECURE Act amended the required minimum distribution rules...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

San Francisco to Impose Tax on Companies with Disproportionate Executive Pay

San Francisco voters on November 3 approved Proposition L, which imposes an additional tax on businesses whose highest paid executive makes 100 times or more than the median salary of the business’s employees based in San...more

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The SECURE Act Brings Significant Changes for Retirement Plans and IRAs

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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act), signed into law on Dec. 20, 2019, will have a wide-ranging impact on tax-qualified retirement plans and individual retirement accounts,...more

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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

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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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SECURE Act In; Cadillac Tax Out: The Spending Act Makes Serious Changes to Benefits Rules

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Below is a summary of those key provisions. I. SECURE Act The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act, H.R. 1994) is arguably the most significant and comprehensive retirement saving...more

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Potential Benefits and Hurdles of New Rule Affecting Private Company Equity Award Grantees - Tax Update Volume 2019, Issue 1

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A much-touted change in employee compensation was instituted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, but whether it will be a much-used election remains to be seen. ...more

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Good News / Bad News: The IRS has Released Interim Guidance Regarding the New Excess Compensation Excise Tax Applicable to...

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Just in time for the New Year and notwithstanding the government shutdown, on December 31, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2019-09 (the “Notice”), which provides interim guidance on the new excise tax...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

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New 162(m) Guidance: IRS Notice 2018-68 Clarifies Scope of Tax Reform and Transition Rules

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Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code denies a tax deduction to a public company for compensation paid to certain individuals—called “covered employees”—to the extent that the compensation paid to such individual...more

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ALERT: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts Provisions Apply to Colleges and Universities

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Although much of the reporting on the Tax Cut and Jobs Act recently enacted by Congress has focused on the deductions for individuals and businesses, the bill also includes several provisions that apply specifically to...more

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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Although much of the reporting on the Tax Cut and Jobs Act recently enacted by Congress has focused on the deductions for individuals and businesses, the bill also includes several provisions that apply specifically to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Private Equity Fund Taxation Post-Tax Reform: What Really Changed?

Congress has passed the tax reform bill, known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Act”), and President Trump signed it into law on December 22, 2017. The Act contains wide-ranging changes to the tax law, many of which will...more

Gray Reed

New Tax Law – Impacting Your Small Business and You

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Agreeing with Benjamin Franklin that there is nothing certain except death and taxes, Sketch Wood and his partner Minnie Brix, owners of Wood & Brix, and their 200 employees are certain that the new tax law will affect them,...more

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How the Tax Cut and Jobs Act Impacts Expensing and Depreciation (For the Better)

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Last month, President Trump signed into law the much publicized Tax Cut and Jobs Act. In part of our ongoing series discussing the changes made by the Act, the following discusses key changes made to the expensing and...more

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What Is the Impact of Tax Reform on US Wind Tax Equity Deals?

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A Word About Wind has published our article What Is the Impact of Tax Reform on US Wind Tax Equity Deals? in its blog (subscription required) and newsletter. ...more

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New Tax Act Disclosures, Explanations and Examples

Disclosures regarding the new tax act, often referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act or TCJA, continue to be prominent in SEC filings. Set forth blow is an explanation of the often obscure GAAP accounting driving many of the...more

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Parking Is Now A Taxable Expense

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In the latest version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that awaits the President’s signature, employers will be taxed on amounts spent after December 31, 2017 on employee parking. ...more

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