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Washington – September 20, 2023: Joe Urwitz joins Crowell & Moring as a partner in its Tax Group, bringing in-depth experience guiding clients on executive compensation and employee benefits issues in complex M&A, private equity, and capital markets transactions.

On April 25, 2024, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a final rule (the “Final Rule”) regarding when providing investment advice results in the advisor becoming a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).  Under this guidance, an entity is a fiduciary if the provider of that advice to an ERISA plan or Individual Retirement Account:

Crowell & Moring’s Tax Group invites you to join us for the 37th Annual Managing Tax Audits and Appeals. The seminar will provide an overview of everything you need to know about recent developments and hot topics in tax, from planning through litigation, including perspectives from the IRS.

As companies strive to attract and retain key talent, the profits interest has become a common form of equity-based compensation for certain companies. The preferential tax treatment afforded to profits interests comes with complexities that must be navigated to avoid various pitfalls. Contrary to popular opinion, they are not “just like stock options.”