Treatise-Me Right: Links to Bender’s Federal Income Taxation of Retirement Plans Treatise in Practical Guidance

Whether you’re in need of a refresher or are learning about employee benefits for the first time, Bender’s Federal Income Taxation of Retirement Plans will quench your thirst for the information you need. Practical Guidance EBEC provides links to key sections of this seminal Bender treatise, like in this practice note on qualified retirement plan fundamentals.

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Market Standards—Employment Agreements

Practical Guidance continuously adds new documents and analyses to Market Standards—Employment Agreements, our searchable database of publicly-filed employment agreements that enables users to search, compare, and analyze over 5,900 employment agreements using approximately 75 detailed deal points to filter search results. The links below will take you to the Agreement Information/Agreement page for just a few of the recently added agreements, where you can see a summary of the deal points and view the underlying document. For more information on Market Standards—Employment Agreements, click here.

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• Orion Group Holdings, Inc., President and CEO (August 15, 2022)

Practical Guidance Updates
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• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Key Legal Developments Tracker
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  • ERISA. DOL issues guidance through EBSA addressing when a qualified public accountant who should examine an employee benefit plan’s financial statements (as applicable) is independent for purposes of rendering an opinion on the financial statements to be attached to the Form 5500 for the plan. DOL Interpretive Bulletin 2022-01, 87 Fed. Reg. 54368 (Sept. 6, 2022).
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