Overview
Event Details
The US tax reform legislation made significant changes to the tax rules governing executive compensation arrangements, retirement savings, and fringe and employee benefits.
Join members of Steptoe’s Employee Benefits Group for a discussion on what the changes mean for you going forward. We will also discuss the repeal of the individual mandate and recent IRS enforcement efforts relating to the employer shared responsibility penalties under the Affordable Care Act.
Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
Featured speakers:
- Don Wellington, co-chair of Steptoe’s Employee Benefits and ERISA Group; former Associate Benefits Tax Counsel for the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy
- Joni Andrioff, partner, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits
- Jennifer Krengel, of counsel; former Assistant Chief Counsel and Acting Deputy General Counsel for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System
Topics for discussion include:
- $1 million deduction cap on public company executive compensation under section 162(m)
- New section 83(i) “qualified stock” election
- Repeal of ACA individual mandate
- Responding to ACA employer penalty letters
- Repeal of deduction for certain fringe benefits including transportation fringes
- Family and Medical Leave Act paid leave credit
- Retirement plan changes including plan loans and re-characterization of IRA contributions
CLE credit is pending in AZ, CA, NY, and VA.
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