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The Administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill” includes a new overtime tax provision, broadly described as “No Tax on Overtime.” More accurately, the Bill allows an employee tax deduction of a portion of overtime payments, up to a...more
Cancelled and reissued qualified plan distribution checks, particularly to decedents, should be monitored for payment in light of the Internal Revenue Service’s repeated refusal to repay withholding to payor plans. If a Form...more
Employers should weigh carefully whether to participate in the voluntary deferring of the employee portion of Social Security taxes pursuant to the executive memorandum issued by President Trump on August 8, 2020. The...more
A September to Remember? Congress will return next week after its August recess to begin a legislative sprint to the November elections. There will be only 15 scheduled legislative days when both the U.S. Senate and U.S....more
On August 28, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-65 (“Notice”) to provide guidance concerning the Executive Order that President Trump issued on August 8, 2020 (“Executive Order”). Per the Notice, the Secretary of the Treasury...more
On August 8, 2020, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster.” The order directed the Secretary of the Treasury to use...more
On August 8, President Trump issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, to use his authority to defer certain payroll tax obligations in an effort to provide individuals with additional...more
On August 8, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order, directing the U.S. Treasury to grant employers the ability to defer the withholding, deposit and payment of certain payroll taxes as further COVID-19 tax relief....more
Background - The Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") provides the Secretary of the Treasury with the authority to delay tax deadlines in times of national emergency....more
On 28 August 2020, the IRS issued eagerly awaited guidance on the implementation of the employee FICA payroll deferral authorized in a Presidential Memorandum (the Memorandum) signed by President Trump on 8 August 2020....more
On August 28, the IRS issued Notice 2020-65 to provide guidance on the President’s decision to allow deferral of the employee portion of Social Security taxes owing for the rest of 2020 for employees earning up to $104,000...more
On Friday August 28th the IRS issued limited guidance on the payroll tax deferral that was part of President Trump’s August 8th executive order. Under IRS Notice 2020-65 (the “Notice”), employers are not required to withhold...more
On August 8, 2020, the President directed the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize the deferment of certain payroll tax withholding, depositing, and payment obligations otherwise incurred on wages and compensation paid...more
Late in the afternoon on Friday, August 28, Treasury issued Notice 2020-65 providing guidance implementing President Trump’s Executive Memorandum on social security payroll tax deferral (Payroll Tax Deferral). President...more
On August 8, President Trump issued a Memorandum directing the Treasury Department to permit employers to defer the withholding of employees’ social security and railroad retirement taxes through December 31, 2020. On August...more
The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2020-65 to provide guidance on the employment tax deferral that is the subject of President Donald Trump’s August 8, 2020, Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in...more
Payroll Tax Relief Under CARES Act, FFCRA, and Executive Order - While the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act permitted employers to defer depositing the portion of the FICA taxes the employer pays...more
During these trying times, especially with stay-at-home orders still in effect in most states, it is difficult not to over-focus on the uncertainty that lies ahead. Hopefully, we can find healthy distractions to refocus our...more
Due to the IRS’ different treatment of private sector and public agency boards of directors, it comes as little surprise that many California special districts and public agencies continue to classify their board members as...more
The gig economy (on-demand work) is a disruptive factor in many industries, including the housing market (Airbnb, Homeaway), transportation services (Uber, Lyft, Juno, Via), delivery services (Postmates, Caviar, Instacart),...more
We’ve long known that California law does not treat Labor Code Section 203 penalties as “wages.” Earlier this year, the IRS published its view on how to treat those penalties (often referred to as “waiting time penalties” or...more
The California Court of Appeal recently confirmed that employment-related settlements or judgments are wages from which employers must withhold payroll taxes. In Cifuentes v. Costco Wholesale Corp., Cifuentes...more