Last week, we looked at employment agreements and planning for issues in executive employment agreements. One interesting aspect of employment agreements is that they can generate many different legal ...

While February is usually the month for valentines and candy conversation hearts, I hope you will use this month to give a little love and attention to one of the often overlooked other taxes applied ...

Under the economic benefit income tax theory, an employee is taxed when the employee receives something other than cash that has a determinable, present economic value. The danger, in the nonqualified ...

When it was signed into law nearly two years ago, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 was described by tax specialists as the first major piece of tax-related legislation since the Internal Revenue ...

An employer cannot use the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s provisions to terminate benefit payments under a deferred compensation agreement. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District ...

When companies withhold a portion of an employee's pay until a specified date, usually after the employee retires, that withheld portion is termed deferred compensation. Businesses provide deferred ...

Much has been written about the Department of Labor’s final rule regarding disability benefit claims procedures (the “Final Rule”), which took effect on April 2, 2018. And by now, most employers – and ...

Matt Andersen, head of NFP Executive Benefits, commented, “The innovations of our technology platforms continues to be a focal point for NFP Executive Benefits; it's a core competency and a ...

As the stock market slides, more stock options and related deferred compensation instruments are “underwater,” and the related deferred tax assets may no longer be recoverable. The balance sheets and ...

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The Wisconsin Deferred Compensation Program (WDC) offers employees a strategic way to save for retirement by allowing them to set aside a portion of their salary aside to be paid out at a later date, ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed ...