Compensation

Tax

Tax on Nonprofits Could Snare Companies, Too

A new excise tax on executive pay at tax-exempt entities may also apply to their affiliated for-profit companies, IRS guidance suggests.

David McCann
June 11, 2019
Banking & Capital Markets

Sears Owner Seeks to Opt Out of Severance Payments

Eddie Lampert had promised to pay $43 million to former workers.
Compensation

Do Clawbacks Cause as Many Problems as They Prevent?

While penalties for erroneous financial reporting may spur achievement, they also may lead executives to cover up their mistakes, study suggests.
Compensation

Salary Growth for Finance Professionals Slows

Executive and management-tier finance professionals got smaller raises in 2018, but finance staff received slightly bigger boosts.
Compensation

Uber Drivers Plan Strike Ahead of IPO

Drivers for Uber and Lyft will turn off their apps to protest low wages.
Financial Reporting

CEO Stock Options Drive Income Smoothing

Smoothing tends to serve a good purpose where the CEO's pay mix leans toward stock grants, but not where option grants predominate, a new study finds.
Compensation

For Management Accountants, Gender Pay Gap Is Closing

There's reason for hope that the gender pay gap among management accountants will in time narrow much further.
Compensation

Investor Group Petitions for Better Exec Comp Disclosure

The investors want companies to better explain in proxies their use of non-GAAP metrics for determining executive compensation.
Disclosure

CEO Pay Ratio Rule Is ‘Disclosure by Soundbite’

New academic analysis pulls no punches, calling the ratio "lacking in accuracy, difficult to interpret, and incomplete."
Compensation

Female Pay Discount Doesn’t Go to the Very Top

At large companies, male CFOs tend to earn more money than their female counterparts. The opposite is true for chief executives.
Compensation

Don’t Base Exec Bonuses on Subjective Criteria

While a quarter of S&P 500 companies base CEO bonuses partly on qualitative factors, research shows that's not a good idea.
Compensation

Could High-Riding Netflix Be In for a Fall?

Changes in executive pay, the departure of its CFO, and almost $30 billion of cash obligations may be warning signs for Netflix's valuation outlook.
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