IRS Issues Guidance On Reporting And Withholding
The US Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service last week issued Notice 2006-100,
providing guidance to employers and payers on their reporting and wage withholding
requirements for calendar years 2005 and 2006, with respect to deferrals of
compensation and amounts includible in gross income under IRC § 409A and
relief from reporting deferrals that are not includible in income during those
years. According to the IRS, under the relief in the notice, employers and other payers
need not report annual deferrals of compensation that are not includible in
income under § 409A on Form W-2 or Form 1009-MISC for 2005 or 2006. However,
amounts includible in income under § 409A for 2005 and 2006 must be reported
on Form W-2 or Form 1099-MISC, as appropriate. Employers and payers were alerted last year in Notice 2005-94 that they might
have to file amended information returns to report amounts includible in income
for 2005. In addition, the notice provides guidance on how to meet income tax
withholding requirements for amounts includible in income under § 409A
for 2006. The notice also provides guidance to service providers on their income tax
reporting and tax payment requirements for amounts includible in gross income
under § 409A for 2005 and 2006. The notice provides interim rules for 2005 and 2006 on calculating amounts
includible in gross income under § 409A. These rules apply to service providers
who must include amounts in income pursuant to § 409A and to employers
or other payers who must report and withhold on the amount to be included in
income under § 409A. .
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