I have previously blogged (here and here) about a lawsuit brought by participants in a nonqualified deferred compensation plan where the employer failed to report and pay FICA (social security) taxes in the most tax advantageous way. The employer had tried to get the lawsuit dismissed on the grounds that the FICA tax
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IRS Wins One at Supreme Court: Severance Pay is Subject to FICA Tax
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I blogged about the Quality Stores decision which at the district court and court of appeals levels held that certain severance payments were not subject to FICA (Social Security) taxes. The IRS had challenged the employer in that case and had lost in both lower courts.
At the Supreme Court level, the IRS won. The …
The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether FICA Taxes is Owed on Severance Pay
By Stinson LLP on
I blogged here and here about Quality Stores, a case in which the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that severance pay is not subject to FICA (Social Security) taxes if certain requirements are met: The severance payments must be made pursuant to a plan, on account of an involuntary termination, and the result …