Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements, 2022 ed.

Use Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements to develop, administer, and manage nonqualified deferred compensation plans. The text analyzes:

• The general characteristics of stock-related options, supplemental retirement plans, bonus arrangements, severance plans, employment contracts, consulting agreements, and private pensions

• Federal income tax treatment with respect to the employee and the employer, funding mechanisms, and related tax consequences

• Differences between qualified and nonqualified arrangements

• “Tin parachutes” and the application of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

• Rabbi trusts

• Secular trusts

• Market-basket plans

• Employment security agreements

• Restricted stock agreements

• Stock purchase plans

• Phantom stock plans

• Nonstatutory option plans