Employee Benefits Blog

Employers May Be Able to Exempt Severance Payments from FICA Tax under Quality Stores

The Supreme Court recently ruled in U.S. v. Quality Stores that severance paid to employees is considered wages for FICA purposes.  Before the Court’s decision, there was little doubt that employer-provided severance was wages for income tax purposes, but lower court cases were a mixed bag about whether severance was wages for FICA tax purposes.  […]