IRS Issues Guidance for the Donation of Employee Leave for Hurricane Katrina Relief

IRS Notice 2005-68 provides guidance for employers who have adopted or may be considering adopting employee leave-based donation programs to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. Under these programs, employees elect to donate vacation, sick or personal leave in exchange for cash payments that their employers make to organizations described in Code Section 170(c).

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