NY Relaxes 'Convenience of Employer Test'
May 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new memorandum by The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance could mean...
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Firm Sued for Taking Workers' Tax Refunds
February 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tata America International Corp. is being sued by an Indian employee who claims the company...
Gender Reassignment not a Deductible Medical Expense
January 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a memorandum that costs for gender reassignment surgery and...
SOX Whistleblowers Must Be Reinstated During Appeal
November 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court in Connecticut has ruled that Competitive Technologies, Inc. (CTI) must reinstate two...
IRS Extends Corrections Program Regarding Foreign Tax Withholding
November 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS has issued Revenue Procedure 2005-71, extending the deadline for entering a voluntary correction...
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Vanguard Studies Tax Implications of the Roth401k
November 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study by Vanguard's Center for Retirement Research notes that participants in 401(k) plans should...
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Telecommuting Tax Case
November 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a telecommuter who was order...
Proposals Would Eliminate Tax Advantage of Some Benefits
October 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In addition to eliminating or limiting some popular tax deductions, two tax plan proposals President...
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Voters Reject Idea of Taxing Health Care
October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concurrent surveys in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina found that voters are opposed to...
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Manager's "Generosity" Was a Fraud
October 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former manager of a hydraulics company, now out of business, has been convicted of...
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CA Joins Hurricane Katrina Relief
September 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California's state Controller and Franchise Tax Board (FTB) Chair Steve Westly announced that business owners...
SEC Votes for SOX Extension for Small Companies
September 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously to give small businesses another year-long extension...
US Treasury and IRS Issue Final Regulations on Abusive Transactions
August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and the IRS have issued final regulations completing a two year project...
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Private Companies Not Scared Away From Stock Options
August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In spite of the new accounting standards for stock options, private companies are offering more...
GASB Issues Guide for OPEB Statements
August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has published a Guide to Implementation of GASB Statements...
Tax Bill To Ease Burden Of Phantom Gains For Stock Options
August 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Representative Sam Johnson (R-Texas) introduced a bill intended to give a tax break to...
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Pending Options Expensing Affects CEO Comp Practices
October 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As should be expected with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) about to implement stock...
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Banks Warned About DC Program Accounting
February 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Banks need to do a better job of properly accounting for their employee deferred compensation...
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Survey: Firms Unsure of HR's Sarbanes-Oxley Help
July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many US companies were unprepared to meet Sarbanes-Oxley's initial deadline for imposing fairness and accuracy...