7.1.20.a: Internal Revenue Service Position on Performance-Based Compensation Changes Effective in 2010
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Abstract
Media scrutiny of executive compensation packages in
publicly-traded
companies is a clear consequence of the current economic crisis. Even
before now, however, executive compensation has been on the regulators'
agendas. One of the tools the Internal Revenue Service has in its
arsenal is Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m). Changes in how the IRS
will enforce Section 162(m) go into effect in 2010.
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