FICA and FUTA Taxation of Amounts Under Employee Benefit Plans

Résumé

This document contains a revision to the proposed regulations under section 3121(v)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, relating to when amounts deferred under or paid from certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans are taken into account as ``wages'' for purposes of the taxes imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). This document extends the proposed general effective date of the regulations to January 1, 1998. The extension also applies to the proposed regulations under section 3306(r)(2), relating to when amounts deferred under or paid from certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans are taken into account as ``wages'' for purposes of the taxes imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), due to the cross-reference therein to the provisions of the proposed regulations under section 3121(v)(2).