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Back to Basics – Employee Incentive Plans

Shareforce

STIs are granted to employees to achieve short-term business goals within an annual, quarterly, or monthly period, usually resulting in a cash payout based on goals achieved within a year or less.In terms of financial reporting, cash-settled STIs fall within the rules of IAS 19 Employee Benefits under IFRS or ASC 715 under the rules of GAAP.

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Long Time Coming: SEC Adopts Final Dodd-Frank Clawback Rules

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

The Final Rules task national securities exchanges (“exchanges”) with adopting formal listing standards that, in turn, require publicly listed companies to establish compensation clawback policies that meet the standards prescribed in the Final Rules. it is a strict liability regime).

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“Clawback Comeback”: DOJ’s New Focus on Clawbacks to Prevent Corporate Crime

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Executives can face clawback of previously paid compensation under various circumstances. The difficult issue is determining the reason for clawing back compensation (i.e., was it the result of “fault” or criminal conduct or an accounting mistake) and determining the executive’s “culpability” in securing unjustified compensation.

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A Guide to Understanding Retirement Rewards and Benefits with Fortune 500 References

Empuls

The research also revealed that up to 77% of workers with access to employer-sponsored benefits, chose to participate in the program, increasing the take-up rate. However, 71% of those working professionals under 40 do not know what happens to their benefits once they change jobs or leave before retirement.

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Option Grant Practices: A Trap for the Unwary – Spring-Loading and Bullet-Dodging

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

120 , explaining how companies should properly recognize and disclose compensation cost for spring-loaded awards. Companies that have allegedly engaged in spring-loading or bullet-dodging have been the subject of SEC investigations as recently as a few years ago.

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Tax Court Decision Interprets Profits Interest “Safe Harbor” under IRS Rev. Proc. 93-27

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The Tax Court further stated that “[it does] not view Revenue Procedure 93‑27 in such a restricted manner, but rather view[s] [Revenue Procedure 93‑27] as administrative guidance on the treatment of the receipt of a partnership profits interest for services.”

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