When Fifi, a sheriff’s deputy, was injured on the job, she was allowed under her contract with the state to choose between a $1,000 weekly sick-pay distribution and an $850 weekly workers’ compensation payment. Which one should Fifi select?
| Fifi should select the $850 weekly workers' compensation payment because as per section 104 of Internal Revenue Code (IRC), it will not be included in her income. | |
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When Fifi, a sheriff’s deputy, was injured on the job, she was allowed under her contract...
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