ASPPA traditionally offers access to a recording of a webcast (including both audio and visual portions of the presentation) approximately one week following the original live webcast presentation. These recordings are available for 1 year after the date of the original live webcast. Below is a list of the currently available recorded webcasts.
ASEA Webcast: My PAA
Available until August 18, 2022
Speaker: Lauren Okum, MSEA, Premier Actuarial Solutions, Brad Porter, PBGC
Description: Join Brad Porter of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and Lauren Okum of Premier Actuarial Solutions for this comprehensive walk-through of the PBGC’s My PAA Software.
CE Credit: N/A
ASPPA Webcast: Practical Implications for Post-SECURE Safe Harbor Plan Designs
Available until August 11, 2022
Speaker: JJ McKinney, CPC, QPA, QKA. ERPA, McKinney 10:13 Consulting, Principal Consultant
Description: The SECURE Act seemingly blazed a very quick and short trail before the world changed, which led us to confront more pressing matters. Nonetheless, the law changed, with guidance forthcoming and the stocking stuffer from December 2019 introduced changes for retirement plan practitioners, particularly in 401(k) safe harbor designs and administration. Walk through designed-based safe harbor 401(k) plans in a post-SECURE era.
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NTSA , 1 NAPA Relevant, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Formal, 1 JBEA Noncore
ASEA Webcast: FASB/ASC 715- An Overview of Accounting for (Small) Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Available until July 21, 2022
Speaker: Justin F.J. Greindl, FSA, EA, MSEA
Description: During this introductory session, we cover the basics of FAS/ASC pension accounting in the small DB plan arena. We discuss when, where, why and how it applies, including the main components of expense and disclosure. We also cover the actuary’s role in assumption setting and analyze basic calculations that go into annual and special event accounting.
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NAPA Relevant Topics, 1 NTSA, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Core, 1 JBEA Formal
ASPPA Webcast: RMDs Are Back in 2021
Available until July 14, 2022
Speaker: Robert M. Richter, J.D., LL.M., APM, Retirement Education Counsel, American Retirement Association
Description: The CARES Act suspended the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules for defined contribution plans and IRAs for 2020. The rules apply in 2021, and we must now prepare to apply the RMD rules as modified by the SECURE Act. We focus on the implementation of these new rules and discuss the impact and application of the new life expectancy tables that must be used in 2022.
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NTSA , 1 NAPA Relevant, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Formal, 1 JBEA Noncore
ASPPA Webcast: Plan Document Issues for 2021
Available until June 16, 2022
Speaker: John P. Griffin, JD, LLM
Description: Plan documents play an important role in ensuring compliance with the tax qualification rules. Whether you deal with 401(a)/(k), 403(b) or defined benefit plans, it’s vital for plan sponsors and practitioners to stay up to date on plan document issues. We discuss timely plan restatements and interim amendments, options to choose from when a plan sponsor misses a document deadline and other important plan document issues.
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NAPA Relevant Topics, 1 NTSA, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Noncore, 1 JBEA Formal
ASPPA Webcast: Form 5500: Update, Troubleshooting and Audit Triggers
Available until June 2, 2022
Speaker: Stephen W. Forbes, J.D., LL.M.
Description: The Form 5500 is the window through which the IRS and DOL view retirement plans. The decision to audit is frequently triggered by information in the 5500. Completing forms expeditiously and accurately is necessary for proper plan administration and prevents unnecessary and costly government interaction. Understanding the 5500 questions will make you a more effective practitioner and helps you advise your clients on potential audit issues and plan failures effectively. We explain the changes and troubleshoot questions that might draw IRS or DOL attention.
CE Credit: 2 ASPPA, 2 NTSA , 2 NAPA Relevant, 2 ERPA, 2 JBEA Formal, 2 JBEA Noncore
ASPPA Webcast: Coverage: The Foundation for Non-Discrimination
Available until May 5, 2022
Speaker: J. Tyler Wilson, QPA, QKC, QKA, Retirement Plan Consultant, DWC – The 401(k) Experts
Description: During this webcast, we manually calculate coverage by determining who’s benefitting, excluded, and excludable (yes, there’s a difference; and yes, we cover it). We also look into what must be done when a plan fails coverage. Here’s a hint: The first step is to read the document.
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NTSA , 1 NAPA Relevant, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Formal, 1 JBEA Noncore
ASPPA Webcast: IRS Audits and DOL Investigations: A Toolkit for Survival
Available until April 21, 2022
Speaker: Heather B. Abrigo, Esq., APM, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Description: If you sponsor, work with and/or provide services to retirement plans, Department of Labor (DOL) Investigations and IRS audits are topics that can cause apprehension. We help alleviate that reaction by providing you with a toolkit you can use to navigate through the process. The toolkit will help you understand the process, cover what you can and cannot do to mitigate any issues that arise throughout the process and, even more important, provide proactive tips that will help you avoid an audit and/or investigation.
CE Credit: 2 ASPPA, 2 NTSA , 2 NAPA Relevant, 2 ERPA, 2 JBEA Formal, 2 JBEA Noncore
ASEA Webcast: DB Provisions of the American Rescue Plan of 2021
Available until April 14, 2022
Description: Tucked away in the American Rescue Plan of 2021 are changes to Internal Revenue Code Section 430 rules for defined benefit single-employer minimum funding valuations. These changes include relief with respect to segment rates and changing the amortization period from 7 to 15 years for shortfall amortizations. The provisions have different default and optional effective dates. We discuss these changes, including employer elections, with respect to the effective dates, interplay with the AFTAP rules under Code Section 436 and other plan document issues.
Speaker: Karen Smith, MSPA, President, Nova 401(k) Associates
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NAPA Relevant Topics, 1 NTSA, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Core, 1 JBEA Formal
ASPPA Webcast: 403(b) and 457(b) Characteristics and Plan Design Options
Available until April 7, 2022
Description: Tax-exempt and governmental employers have additional plan design options that are not available in the corporate market. We discuss the characteristics of 403(b) plans and take a deep dive into 457(b) plans. We also review tips and traps that administrators should know when working with 403(b) and 457(b) plans.
Speaker: Maggie Younis, CPC, TGPC, ERPA, APA, APR, National Director, Consultant Relations, Lincoln Financial Group
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NAPA Relevant Topics, 1 NTSA, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Noncore, 1 JBEA Formal
ASPPA Webcast: Plan Freezing and Terminations
Available until March 24, 2022
Description: Plan sponsors may find it necessary to terminate a retirement plan due to a business closure, merger and/or acquisition, implementation of a new plan, etc. Plan participants must be notified about the plan freeze/termination, amendments must be adopted, distributions must be made, PBGC forms filed, etc. It is important to know what these time-consuming and complicated procedures entail because one mistake can trigger numerous headaches and, potentially, penalties.
Speaker: Kelsey N.H. Mayo, J.D., Lead Partner, Employee Benefits Group, Poyner Spruill LLP
CE Credit: 2 ASPPA, 2 NAPA Relevant Topics, 2 NTSA, 2 ERPA, 2 JBEA Noncore, 2 JBEA Formal
ASPPA Webcast: Corrective Amendments
Available until March 17, 2022
Speaker: Robert M. Richter, J.D., LL.M., APM, Retirement Education Counsel, American Retirement Association
Description: Join us for an exploration of corrective amendments under Treas. Reg. 1.401(a)(4)-11(g). This includes details on the conditions of the amendments, and how they are applied to coverage and nondiscrimination failures. We also address corrective amendments under EPCRS, with an emphasis on self-corrections.
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NAPA Relevant Topics, 1 NTSA, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Noncore, 1 JBEA Formal
ASEA Webcast: ASOPs—A Practical Approach
Available until March 3, 2022
Speaker: Lynn M. Young, MSEA, Norman Levinrad, FSPA, President, Summit Benefit & Actuarial Services, Inc.
Description: The start of the new year is a great time to incorporate a review of your actuarial disclosures as the requirements are constantly changing. This webcast will present an overview of the ASOPs and how they affect our day-to-day practice. Realistic case studies will highlight their application.
CE Credit: 2 ASPPA, 2 NAPA Relevant Topics, 2 NTSA, 2 ERPA, 2 JBEA Core, 2 JBEA Formal
ASPPA Webcast: Working with Qualified Plans Can Be Taxing
Available until Feb. 10, 2022
Speaker: Robert M. Kaplan, CFP, CPC, QPA, QKC, QKA, Director of Technical Education, American Retirement Association
Description: One of the incentives for adopting and participating in an employer sponsored qualified plan are the tax benefits for both employees and employers. This interactive session addresses such topics as the credits for small employers adopting plans and tax credits for participants with modest incomes. The speaker also addresses some of the tax penalties associated with missed required distributions. And the tax and exceptions also are discussed, since the additional 10% tax for early distributions leads to many inquiries from employers and employees.
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NAPA Relevant Topics, 1 NTSA, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Noncore, 1 JBEA Formal
ASEA Webcast: Actuarial Grab Bag
Available until Feb. 03, 2022
Speaker: Kevin Donovan, FSPA, Managing Member, Pinnacle Plan Design
Description: This session reviews several miscellaneous topics of interest to actuaries, including adding a defined benefit plan up until the tax return due date, dealing with freezes and unfreezes and impact on deduction limits due to amendments increasing benefits for HCEs, handling deduction issues arising from “late” deposits under the CARES Act and Notice 2020-61 and other issues of concern as we enter the new year.
CE Credit: 1.5 ASPPA, 1.5 NTSA, 1.5 NAPA Relevant, 1 ERPA, 1.5 JBEA Formal, 1.5 JBEA Core
ASPPA Webcast: ADP/ACP Techniques
Available until Jan. 27, 2022
Speaker: David Schultz, JD, APM – FIS
Description: Non-safe harbor 401(k) plans still exist and they must test for nondiscrimination annually, whether it’s a small or large plan. To test for nondiscrimination, the Internal Revenue Code requires a 401(k) plan to test deferrals under the actual deferral percentage test (ADP) and matching contributions, if any, under the actual contribution percentage test (ACP). While the tests are generally straightforward, they do feature tricks, traps and opportunities for the practitioner. This program focuses on both ADP and ACP testing and correcting their failures, including by catch-up recharacterization.
CE Credit: 2 ASPPA, 2 NAPA Relevant Topics, 2 NTSA, 2 ERPA, 2 JBEA Noncore, 2 JBEA Formal
ASPPA Webcast: Ask the Experts: Correcting Loan and Distribution Errors
Available until Jan. 20, 2022
Speakers: Robert M. Richter, J.D., LL.M., APM, Retirement Education Counsel, American Retirement Association and Bob Kaplan, CFP, CPC, QPA, Director of Technical Education, American Retirement Association
Description: Administering retirement plans in 2020 was like no previous year. With changes to distribution rules via the SECURE and CARES Act plus the sudden transition to remote work for many service providers and clients, the opportunity for processing errors increased. This session reviewed the options for correcting plans that had errors on amounts or repayments of loans and errors in processing distributions.
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NAPA Relevant Topics, 1 NTSA, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Noncore, 1 JBEA Formal
ASPPA Webcast: TPAs and PEPs: Structure and Service Options
Available until Jan. 13, 2022
Speaker: Jake Linney, CPC, CPFA, American Retirement Association, Director, Key Accounts
Description: The session explored what services a TPA can provide a PEP. It looked at the options for a TPA to sponsor a PEP as a Pooled Plan Provider, provide fiduciary services to an outside Pooled Plan Provider and the options for providing non-fiduciary services to a PEP.
CE Credit: 2 ASPPA, 2 NAPA Relevant Topics, 2 NTSA, 2 ERPA, 2 JBEA Noncore, 2 JBEA Formal
ASPPA Webcast: Ethics: It’s Never the Wrong Time to Do the Right Thing
Available until Dec. 2, 2021
Speaker: Bob Kaplan, CPC, QPA, QKC, QKA, CFP, Director of Technical Education, American Retirement Association
Description: As an ASPPA member you are subject to the Code of Conduct of the association. This session provides highlights of the code that every member should be familiar with plus some real-life situations that require you to apply those ethical standards. How would you respond? How should you respond? Join us for a look at ethics and how they pop up in all types of situations.
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA Ethics, 1 NTSA Ethics, 1 NAPA Ethics, 1 ERPA Ethics, 1 JBEA Ethics
ASPPA Webcast: Just the FAQs about Distribution
Available Until Oct. 7, 2021
Speakers: Robert M. Richter, J.D., LL.M., APM, Retirement Education Counsel, American Retirement Association and Bob Kaplan, CFP, CPC, QPA, Director of Technical Education, American Retirement Association
Description: Have you ever had a client or participant ask you a question about distributions and been unsure how to respond? This webcast responds to questions.
CE Credit: 2 ASPPA, 2 NAPA Relevant Topics, 2 NTSA, 2 ERPA, 2 JBEA Noncore
ASPPA Webcast: Washington Update
Available Until Sept. 23, 2021
Speaker: Robert M. Richter, J.D., LL.M., Retirement Education Counsel, ARA
Description: This fast-paced, interactive, 50-minute session reviewed proposals coming out of Washington relevant to retirement plans; not only those from Capitol Hill, but also guidance from the IRS and Department of Labor.
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NAPA Relevant Topics, 1 NTSA, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Noncore
ASPPA Webcast: The Different Ways to Build a Pooled Employer Plan (PEP)
Available Until Sept. 16, 2021
Speaker: Jake Linney, CPC, CPFA, American Retirement Association, Director, Key Accounts
Description: The session explored different ways a Pooled Plan Provider (PPP) can structure a Pooled Employer Plan (PEP). It will include who can be a Pooled Plan Provider, what the different roles in a PEP and how they differ from single employer plans. Finally, the session discussed the latest on the DOL and IRS guidance for PEPs.
CE Credit: 2 ASPPA, 2 NAPA Relevant Topics, 2 NTSA, 2 ERPA, 2 JBEA Noncore
ASPPA Webcast: I’m a 3(16) Fiduciary. Now What?
Available Until Sept. 9, 2021
Speaker: Ilene H. Ferenczy, Esq., CPC, APA, Managing Partner – Ferenczy Benefits Law Center
Description: 3(16) administration has been around for a few years now and the pressure on TPAs to do this work remains. Is this just a fad, or is it here to stay? What services are people performing under this model? What are the advantages and disadvantages to a client of having 3(16) services performed? And, most important, what are the positive attributes and challenges faced by TPAs who do this work? Ilene Ferenczy, who focuses much of her practice on advising TPAs and other service providers to plans, addressed these questions and more.
CE Credit: 1 ASPPA, 1 NAPA Relevant Topics, 1 NTSA, 1 ERPA, 1 JBEA Noncore
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