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The Internal Revenue Service is moving to make it easier — and in some cases cheaper — to remedy plan problems with participant loans. In Revenue Procedure 2015-27, the IRS said it is reducing voluntary correction program (VCP) compliance fees relating to failures to meet requirements with respect...
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A strengthening economy does not appear to have translated into fewer loans from solo 401(k)s.IRA Financial Group partner Adam Berger recently told BenefitsPro that his firm has found that the rate of participant loans in their plans has not dropped despite the improving economy. He said that 20-25...
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ASPPA’s Women Business Leaders Forum (WBLF) will be held June 8-11 at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, S.C. Following is a Q&A about the WBLF with Amanda Iverson, CPA, PHR, Pinnacle Plan Design LLC’s Chief Operating Officer.Why did you first attend the WBLF?I attended for the first year...
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On March 24, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced that it seeks to revise forms that allow it to collect information it needs to implement Section 303(k) of ERISA and Internal Revenue Code Section 430(k). It also seeks that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend its...
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A very large client approached us recently and asked about ways that we could enhance their 401(k) plan and have it become more effective for the employees’ success in saving for retirement. We discussed adding an automatic enrollment and automatic escalation feature but the client seemed more...
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The “right” answer is, of course, it depends.But the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) has published an analysis that, with the benefit of a full stochastic decumulation model focusing simultaneously on post-retirement investment risk, longevity risk and long-term care costs,...
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A very large client approached us recently and asked about ways that we could enhance their 401(k) plan and have it become more effective for the employees’ success in saving for retirement. We discussed adding an automatic enrollment and automatic escalation feature but the client seemed more...
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Expanded annual actuarial certifications for multiemployer plans are due March 31 for calendar year plans. The IRS issued the reminder in the March 25 issue of Employee Plans News. The Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014, enacted on Dec. 16, 2014, revised the annual funding certification...
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Do you have a question you’d like to ask the IRS? ASPPA’s IRS Q&A subcommittee wants to hear from you. We are currently gathering questions for the Defined Contribution IRS/Treasury Question & Answer general session at this October’s Annual Conference. The question and answer general...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Labor are both working on fiduciary issues — but their different approaches appear to be on different schedules. On March 24, it was SEC Chair Mary Jo White’s turn to take questions from Congress regarding the commission’s plan to impose a...
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http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-15-28.pdfSponsors of certain closed defined benefit plans got some good news from the IRS on March 19 — it has extended temporary relief from nondiscrimination rules under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(4) for another year. The extension applies to DB plans...
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Time draws short for required minimum distributions (RMDs) from traditional IRAs and employer-provided retirement plans to taxpayers who reached age 70½ in 2014. The IRS on March 19 in IR-2015-55 issued a reminder that the deadline is April 1.The April 1 deadline applies to owners of traditional...
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Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez used his first appearances before the 114th Congress to deliver a full-throated defense of the DOL’s controversial effort to expand the fiduciary standard of care to financial service providers under the jurisdiction of the department.Perez appeared at two...
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Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez used his first appearances before the 114th Congress to deliver a full-throated defense of the DOL’s controversial effort to expand the fiduciary standard of care to financial service providers under the jurisdiction of the department.Perez appeared at two...
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On March 19, 2015, the Government Affairs Committee (GAC) of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) filed a comment letter with the IRS regarding suggested changes to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS). The letter provided specific recommendations...
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On March 19, 2015, the Government Affairs Committee (GAC) of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) filed a comment letter with the IRS regarding suggested changes to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS). The letter provided specific recommendations...
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White confirmed March 17 that the Commission will “implement a uniform fiduciary duty for broker-dealers and investment advisors where the standard is to act in the best interest of the investor.”The statement, reported by Investment News,...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission should pursue an effort to set new rules for broker-dealers and investment advisors in their work to burnish clients’ pots of gold, March 17 remarks by SEC Chairman Mary Jo White indicated. She made her comments at a meeting of the Securities industry and...
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ASPPA is always providing information and insights that will be valuable to its members! Following is a summary of upcoming webcasts and events for ASPPA members.Live WebcastsMaking Sense of MEPs and Other Fiduciary Delegation ModelsWednesday, April 8, 20152:00 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. ETSpeaker: Robert J...
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Your plan sponsor clients just got a little more breathing room on those annual 401(k) plan investment notices.The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has announced a direct final rule that provides a two-month grace period for participant-directed...
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