Laborers International Union of North America

Part X : FIN48 Footnote

“Part-fin 48 footnote accounting for the uncertainty of tax positions can impact the financial statements. Even through the supplemental welfare plan is exempt from income taxes, the supplemental welfare plan must still consider wheather its exempt income and other activities of the plan might be determined to be unrelated business income, and whether the plan has properly maintained its tax exempt status. Fasb asc 740-10-5 i.e. Formerly fin 48, published by the financial accounting standards board, addresses the issue of accounting for the uncertainty of material tax positions impacting the financial statements. The trustees have adopted the provisions of fasb asc 740-10-5, i.e. Formerly fin 48 effective december 31, 2013. The accounting for all material positions taken, or expected to be taken, on any income tax return is governed by fasb asc 740-10-5. Income tax returns include those positions that were filled of that should have been filed with federal taxing authorities. It is the trustees' policy to assess all material positions taken on any federal income tax return. The trustees will require its legal and tax counsel to communicate to them all such uncertain tax positions in order to evaluate the impact of the tax position and the reporting and disclousre required. The requirement will apply to not only the current reporting year but also to all prior open reporting years that could still be subject to examination by a taxing authority. The trustees have determined that any material uncertain tax positions that are presented to the officers will recognized and measured usng a more-likely-than-not, mltn threshold. The mltn threshold means that 1. A benefit related to an uncertain tax position may not be recognized in the financial statements unless it is mltn that the position will be sustained based on its technical merits, and 2. There must be more the a 50 likelihood that positon would be sustained if challenged and considered by the highest court in the relevant jurisdiction. Measurment of any uncertain tax position will required calculating the cumulative probability of an outcome either for or against the tax position. The tax benefit of a qualifying position is the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. Initial recognition of an uncertain tax position will require continued reassessment of the tax position of an annual basis. As of each year end any unresolved uncertain tax position must be reassessed, and the trustees must determind whether 1. The factors underlying the sustainability assertions have changed and, 2. The amount of the recognized tax benefit is still appropiate. Developments such as case law, changes in tax law, new rulings or regualtions issued by taxing authorities, could affect wheather a tax postions should be recognized or the amount that should be reported. The local will be required to accrue interest and penalties that, under present tax law, the local would incur of the uncertain tax position ultimately were not sustained. For the year ending december 31, 2020, no uncertain tax postions were determind to exist.”