It has been nearly 20 years since Internal Revenue Code Section 409A transformed the rules governing nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC). Many employers updated written plan documents by the ...

The coronavirus pandemic has caused widespread economic uncertainty and unanticipated liquidity issues for a wide range of individuals, including plan participants of nonqualified deferred ...

Nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to Section 457 may also be covered by Section 409A. In such cases, a plan must comply with Section 409A separately and in addition to compliance with ...

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued Notice 2006-100 providing guidance to executive compensation plan sponsors and participants on how to report certain amounts ...

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Thomas C. Foster, director, McCandlish Holton, PC, Richmond, Va. Estate planners need to identify Internal Revenue Code Section 409A issues when advising executives and professionals who participate ...

The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 included significant changes in the tax rules regarding deferred compensation. In the past, deferred compensation primarily referred to employees who postponed ...

Claims for non-ERISA NQDC plans may be brought under state-contract law, but a federal appeals court found Safelite's plan was an ERISA plan, so state-law claims were preempted. A federal appellate ...

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Section 409a of the internal revenue code establishes guidelines for the treatment of "nonqualified deferred compensation." Essentially, this refers to any money received in a future year for work you ...

Recently, an HT reader, Stuart Sinai, an attorney with Kemp Klein Law Firm in Troy, Michigan, suggested that I consider doing an article on Section 409A. This is not to be confused with Formula 409, ...