Office of Benefits Tax Counsel

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government office organizational unit of the U.S. Department of the Treasury tax policy office

The Office of Benefits Tax Counsel is a specialized division within the U.S. Treasury’s tax policy apparatus that focuses on tax issues related to employee benefits, executive compensation, and retirement plans.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Benefits Tax Counsel	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government office ⓘ organizational unit of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ⓘ tax policy office ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employer	Office of Benefits Tax Counsel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Benefits Tax Counsel
field	ERISA-related tax issues ⓘ deferred compensation ⓘ employee benefits policy ⓘ employee benefits taxation ⓘ executive compensation taxation ⓘ health and welfare benefits taxation ⓘ nonqualified deferred compensation plans ⓘ pension taxation ⓘ qualified retirement plans ⓘ retirement plan taxation ⓘ tax law ⓘ tax policy ⓘ
hasMandate	to ensure tax rules for retirement and compensation arrangements are consistent with statutory requirements ⓘ to support development and implementation of federal tax policy on employee benefits ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
levelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf	Office of Tax Policy ⓘ United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of the Treasury
responsibleFor	advising on tax aspects of employee benefit legislation ⓘ advising on tax aspects of executive compensation legislation ⓘ advising on tax aspects of retirement security legislation ⓘ developing tax policy related to employee benefits ⓘ developing tax policy related to executive compensation ⓘ developing tax policy related to retirement plans ⓘ drafting guidance related to benefits taxation ⓘ drafting regulations related to benefits taxation ⓘ interpreting Internal Revenue Code provisions on employee benefits ⓘ interpreting Internal Revenue Code provisions on executive compensation ⓘ interpreting Internal Revenue Code provisions on retirement plans ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
subordinateTo	Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy ⓘ
website	https://home.treasury.gov ⓘ
worksOn	tax rules for 401(k) plans ⓘ tax rules for IRAs and other individual retirement arrangements ⓘ tax rules for defined benefit pension plans ⓘ tax rules for health plans and health savings arrangements ⓘ tax rules for nonqualified deferred compensation under section 409A ⓘ tax rules for stock options and equity compensation ⓘ
worksWith	Congressional tax-writing committees ⓘ Employee Benefits Security Administration ⓘ Internal Revenue Service ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Benefits Tax Counsel → employer → Office of Benefits Tax Counsel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benefits Tax Counsel

Office of Tax Policy → hasDivision → Office of Benefits Tax Counsel ⓘ

Office of Tax Legislative Counsel → worksWith → Office of Benefits Tax Counsel ⓘ