Sentence examples for ordinary compensation from inspiring English sources

When company options are exercised, they are generally treated as ordinary compensation, and the federal tax rate on such income tops out at 35 percent.

Professionals have long been able to reduce their tax bills by incorporating as S corps and then receiving part of their earnings in the form of distributions or profits, rather than taking it all as ordinary compensation or wages.

TechGiant might lose out a bit on the other side of that transaction, as it would be trading an immediate ordinary deduction for compensation for an acquisition expense that would likely be amortized over 15 years.

Jeffrey Haskell, chief legal officer at the Foundation Source, which helps private foundations manage themselves, said it's fairly easy for private foundations to determine what is considered ordinary and reasonable compensation for executives based on their responsibilities.

Democratic leaders in Congress have tried three times so far this year to reclassify that compensation as ordinary income.

My colleague Rick Hertzberg wonders why we say that C.E.O.s receive "compensation" while ordinary workers are paid wages or receive a salary.

By James Surowiecki February 10 , 2009My colleague Rick Hertzberg wonders why we say that C.E.O.s receive "compensation" while ordinary workers are paid wages or receive a salary.

"Should you sell the stock before that time, you'll have to treat the gain as compensation, or ordinary income," Professor Colabella said.

Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS, which is expected to merge with Lloyds, will probably be forced to suspend dividends to ordinary shareholders, revamp its compensation, improve loans to small businesses and accept government-appointed managers on its boards.

Those stock traders, along with many others in real estate partnerships, were furious in May when the House passed a bill that would tax their compensation at ordinary income levels as high as 39 percent, rather than the much lower capital gains rate.

Mr. Rubin said last month that fund managers should pay taxes on carried interest — often the bulk of their compensation — at ordinary income tax rates rather than at the lower capital gains rate because they perform services more than risk their own capital.