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12-1408 United States v Quality Stores, Inc - Supreme Court case

Quality Stores went through bankruptcy and paid severance to employees who were involuntarily terminated. The company treated the payments as wages for withholding and FICA purposes, but later sought a large tax refund, arguing that the payments should instead be treated as supplemental unemployment compensation benefits not subject to FICA taxes. Lower courts sided with the company, setting up a dispute with significant consequences for employers, employees, and the Treasury. The legal question was how the federal tax code classifies severance payments made after involuntary job loss. The Court had to decide whether these payments fall within FICA’s broad definition of wages, or whether another provision of the tax code showed that such severance should be treated differently and excluded from payroll taxation.