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Old 01-20-2011, 05:17 PM   #20
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Default Re: The IRS and NHRA, you gotta see this.

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Originally Posted by Toby Lang View Post
Part of the complaint says that the NHRA compensation arrangements may be excessive.

As an example they use the 2006 compensation of Mr. Thomas Compton. In 2006 Mr. Compton was paid $712,317. They say the average compensation paid to CEOs at the ten largest trade associations was $642,447. So, Mr. Compton was paid 9.8% more than the average.

I don't know if the NHRA operates like a for-profit business or not, but Mr. Compton's salary doesn't seem that excessive to me when compared with the others. If he were making 30-50% more than the average I would say yes, that's excessive, but less than 10%?

Also, could it be possible that the anonymous client has the initials BN?


-Toby
Toby,

The complaint says that Compton made 10% more than the average of the TOP 10 LARGEST trade organizations...not 10% more than the average. It went on to say that the 75th percentile, or the average salary of the top 24 LARGEST trade organizations, was $621,750, meaning that Compton's total compensation was 24% above that average. It doesn't say what the absolute average of all not-for-profit trade organizations is, but my guess is that it is much less, probably in the $400,000 range. The complaint also does not say where NHRA ranks size-wise among all not-for-profit trade organizations.
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