Employee stock options - new valuation responsibilities and planning opportunities

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Employee stock options, while diluting equity, help companies conserve cash. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) draft is aimed at formulating a single standard for determining "fair value". The need for companies to accurately estimate the compensation expense for improving the bottom line and increase shareholder value are also explained.

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Supreme court review: evidence of discrimination - mixed motive

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Circumstantial evidence can be considered for concluding that an employer has used a forbidden consideration in an adverse employment decision. This was the ruling by the Supreme Court in Desert Palace, Inc., d.b.a. Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino, Petitioner v. Costa case where the company terminated the services of Catharina Costa.

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Tax issues: VEBAs - ordinary and necessary expenses - deductions and constructive dividends

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Contributions into voluntary employee benefit program plans (VEBAs) were not ordinary and necessary business expenses. This was the ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the Neonatology Associates, PA. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, case.

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