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Joey Arkfeld

Joseph Arkfeld is an associate in the firm's Washington, DC office, where he practices with the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group. His practice includes drafting and negotiating equity-based compensation arrangements, executive employment agreements, and separation agreements, and counseling clients on compensation and benefits aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions.

Joseph also advises clients on the design, implementation, and ongoing compliance of employee benefits arrangements, counseling on compliance with ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, the Affordable Care Act, and applicable federal and state law. Joseph maintains an active pro bono practice advising nonprofit and public interest clients on various employee benefits matters.

In Notice 2025-62, released on November 5, the IRS provided temporary relief to employers and payors for failing to comply with certain reporting requirements added to the Internal Revenue Code by the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) in conjunction with sections 224 and 225 of the Internal Revenue Code (see prior coverage).  Subsequently, in Notice 2025-69, the IRS provided guidance to employees and payees as a result of the relief provided by the earlier notice to employers and payors.  Under sections 224 and 225 and subject to certain limitations, employees and payees are entitled to deductions for qualified tips and qualified overtime compensation in the amount employers and payors provide on statements furnished to employees and payees.  As part of that regime, the Act added new information reporting requirements that require employers and payors to report qualified tips and qualified overtime compensation to the IRS.  It also requires third party settlement organizations (TPSO) whose gross payments exceed a certain threshold to report qualified tip information to the IRS.

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