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John C. Khil

John C. Khil

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1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2200, Honolulu, HI 96813

Charitable & Tax-Exempt Organizations, Closely Held Businesses & Succession Planning, Employee Benefits and 2 more

About John C. Khil

John C. Khil is a lawyer practicing charitable & tax-exempt organizations, closely held businesses & succession planning, employee benefits and 2 other areas of law. John received a B.S. degree from University of Hawaii in 1977, and has been licensed for 45 years. John practices at Carlsmith Ball LLP in Honolulu, HI.

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Services

Areas of Law

  • Employee Benefits
  • Other 4
    • Charitable & Tax-Exempt Organizations
    • Closely Held Businesses & Succession Planning
    • Executive Compensation & Compensation Planning
    • Tax, Estate Planning & Pension

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Carlsmith Ball LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Matters: Qualified Retirement Plans Advise hundreds of employers in the tax treatment
    fiduciary obligations relating to the design, investment,
    maintenance of plans, including profit sharing, 401(k), money purchase, defined benefit, target benefit, age-weighted, cash balance, ESOPs,
    other plans.
    Executive Compensation Advise public
    private corporations in nonqualified deferred compensation plans
    executive compensation, including SERPs stock options, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, rabbi trusts, golden parachutes,
    excess benefit plans.
    Employee Stock Ownership Plans H
    le leveraged employee stock ownership plan transactions for public corporations from acquisition of stock to disposition of stock upon takeover. Structure succession of closely held corporations through tax-deferred sale of stock to ESOPs.
    Collectively Bargained Pension & Welfare Trust Funds Advise jointly administered Taft Hartley welfare
    pension funds, including qualified 401(k), pension,
    VEBA plans, on all facets of tax, fiduciary,
    ERISA law compliance.
    Prototype Plan Sponsors Represented financial institution in obtaining favorable closing agreement with IRS for failure to timely adopt
    amend prototype retirement plan
    IRA documents on behalf of customers.
    Exempt Organizations Advise tax-exempt health care organizations
    other charitable entities in compliance with special deferred compensation requirements such as Sections 457
    403(b).
    Funding Waiver Obtained $30 million pension plan funding waiver from IRS relating to employer's financial distress. Structure hundreds of plan terminations
    obtain IRS
    Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) approvals.
    Window Benefit Program Advised public corporation in structure
    implementation of early retirement window benefit program, including treatment of age discrimination issues.
    Postretirement Medical Plan Advise employers on postretirement medical benefits, cost containment methods,
    funding methods for purposes of FAS 106. Draft VEBA
    nonqualified plans providing postretirement medical benefits.
    Prior Employment
    Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel, Attorney-Advisor, Employee Plans
    Exempt Organizations Division

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1981, Hawaii
    Memberships

    Affiliations

    •Hawaii State Bar Association
    •American Bar Association, Committee on Employee Benefits
    Member, Section of Taxation
    Subcommittee on ESOPs, TRASOPs, and PAYSOPs and the Task Force on Welfare Benefits Funds
    Subcommittee on Special Compensation Problems of Small Business

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California
    Class of 1981
    J.D.

    Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    Class of 1985
    LL.M.
    Taxation
    Other Education
    University of Hawaii
    Class of 1977
    B.S.
    summa cum laude and high honors

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