Tax Limitations. Cost Sharing contributions shall be made on a pre-tax basis unless and until a Private Letter Ruling (PLR) by the Internal Revenue Service is issued to the City by the Internal Revenue Service designating that the payments must be post-tax. The City does not warrant that this contribution is "qualified" for tax deferral and is not to be held liable for such tax payments as may be determined assessable. The City has retained specialized legal counsel in order to render a written opinion as to whether or not said employee contributions to the employer contribution rate can be considered on a “pre-tax” basis. The rendered legal opinion is supportive of City treatment of said contributions as “pre-tax”; therefore, the City shall take the steps necessary, including adoption of appropriate City Council resolution(s), to allow the Payroll Section to treat these distributions as “pre-tax”. It is expressly understood and agreed to by the parties that the City has no authority or jurisdiction by which to bind CalPERS, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Franchise Tax Board or any other agency (collective “Entities”) to a determination that such contributions are indeed “pre-tax”. Thus, the parties agree and acknowledge that the City shall have no liability to any individual unit employee or collective bargaining unit, should any of the aforementioned Entities reject treatment of said contributions as “pre-tax”.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding, Memorandum of Understanding, Memorandum of Understanding
Tax Limitations. Cost Sharing contributions shall be made on a pre-tax basis unless and until a Private Letter Ruling (PLR) by the Internal Revenue Service is issued to the City by the Internal Revenue Service designating that the payments must be post-tax. The City does not warrant that this contribution is "qualified" for tax deferral and is not to be held liable for such tax payments as may be determined assessable. The City has retained specialized legal counsel in order to render a written opinion as to whether or not said employee contributions to the employer contribution rate can be considered on a “pre-tax” basis. The rendered legal opinion is supportive of City treatment of said contributions as “pre-tax”; therefore, the City shall take the steps necessary, including adoption of appropriate City Council resolution(s), to allow the Payroll Section to treat these distributions as “pre-tax”. It is expressly understood and agreed to by the parties that the City has no authority or jurisdiction by which to bind CalPERS, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Franchise Tax Board or any other agency (collective “Entities”) to a determination that such contributions are indeed “pre-tax”. Thus, the parties agree and acknowledge that the City shall have no liability to any individual unit employee or collective bargaining unit, should any of the aforementioned Entities reject treatment of said contributions as “pre- tax”. The City hereby adopts the provisions of IRC Section 414(h)(2). Any payment or pick up of employer contributions or required member contributions set forth in this Article shall be regarded as “pre-tax”” in accordance therewith.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding, Memorandum of Understanding
Tax Limitations. Cost Sharing contributions shall be made on a pre-tax basis unless and until a Private Letter Ruling (PLR) by the Internal Revenue Service is issued to the City by the Internal Revenue Service designating that the payments must be post-tax. The City does not warrant that this contribution is "qualified" for tax deferral and is not to be held liable for such tax payments as may be determined assessable. The City has retained specialized legal counsel in order to render a written opinion as to whether or not said employee contributions to the employer contribution rate can be considered on a “pre-tax” basis. The rendered legal opinion is supportive of City treatment of said contributions as “pre-pre- tax”; therefore, the City shall take the steps necessary, including adoption of appropriate City Council resolution(s), to allow the Payroll Section to treat these distributions as “pre-tax”. It is expressly understood and agreed to by the parties that the City has no authority or jurisdiction by which to bind CalPERS, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Franchise Tax Board or any other agency (collective “Entities”) to a determination that such contributions are indeed “pre-tax”. Thus, the parties agree and acknowledge that the City shall have no liability to any individual unit employee or collective bargaining unit, should any of the aforementioned Entities reject treatment of said contributions as “pre-tax”.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding, Memorandum of Understanding
Tax Limitations. Cost Sharing contributions shall be made on a pre-tax basis unless and until a Private Letter Ruling (PLR) by the Internal Revenue Service is issued to the City by the Internal Revenue Service designating that the payments must be post-tax. Police Management 2015-2020 The City does not warrant that this contribution is "qualified" for tax deferral and is not to be held liable for such tax payments as may be determined assessable. The City has retained specialized legal counsel in order to render a written opinion as to whether or not said employee contributions to the employer contribution rate can be considered on a “pre-tax” basis. The rendered legal opinion is supportive of City treatment of said contributions as “pre-tax”; therefore, the City shall take the steps necessary, including adoption of appropriate City Council resolution(s), to allow the Payroll Section to treat these distributions as “pre-tax”. It is expressly understood and agreed to by the parties that the City has no authority or jurisdiction by which to bind CalPERS, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Franchise Tax Board or any other agency (collective “Entities”) to a determination that such contributions are indeed “pre-tax”. Thus, the parties agree and acknowledge that the City shall have no liability to any individual unit employee or collective bargaining unit, should any of the aforementioned Entities reject treatment of said contributions as “pre-tax”.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding