Todd Solomon
Subscribe to Todd Solomon's PostsTodd A. Solomon focuses his practice on designing, amending and administering pension, profit sharing, 401(k), employee stock ownership and 403(b) plans, as well as nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements. He also counsels privately and publicly held corporations and tax-exempt entities regarding fiduciary issues under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), employee benefits issues involved in corporate transactions, executive compensation matters and the implementation of benefit programs for domestic partners of employees.Read Todd A. Solomon's full bio.
IRS and DOL Guidance Clarifies Employee Benefits Impact of Supreme Court’s DOMA Ruling
By Brian Tiemann and Todd Solomon on Oct 2, 2013
Posted In Health and Welfare Plans, Retirement Plans
Recent guidance issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) provides some initial clarifications on how U.S. v. Windsor will affect benefits for same-sex spouses. The guidance provides that same-sex couples legally married in a jurisdiction with...
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Treasury Department & IRS Issue DOMA Guidance – Adopt a “State of Celebration” Approach
By Brian Tiemann and Todd Solomon on Aug 29, 2013
Posted In Health and Welfare Plans, Retirement Plans
In Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Revenue Ruling 2013-17, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS today ruled that legally married same-sex couples will be treated as married for federal tax purposes. Importantly, the ruling applies regardless of whether the couple lives in a jurisdiction that does not recognize same-sex marriage. In other words,...
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