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As part of the tax reform process, Congress proposed several changes to qualified retirement plans that were cut from the final bill. One of these proposals, making changes to the rules governing 401(k) hardship distributions, found a new home in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed by the President on February 9, 2018 (the “Act”).  The Act also made qualified retirement plan changes which provide additional relief to employees impacted by the California wildfires…

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently approved the decision to apply ASC 718 — the accounting treatment that applies to equity awards granted to employees (and non-employee directors) — to equity awards granted to consultants and other individuals who are not employees. Applying ASC 718 to Non-Employees Previously, ASC 505-50 applied to equity awards that were granted to non employees.  Under ASC 505-50, the vesting date — rather than the grant date — is…