Compliance

Amendments to the IRS’ Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) ease compliance and reduce costs for retirement plan sponsors.

A law firm says allegations of fraud in a current lawsuit against IBM raise questions about its handling of 401(k) plan company stock investments.

The IRS will host a presentation enhancing awareness and understanding about how the ACA affects employers and providers of minimum essential coverage in 2015.

The agency agreed to a $5.25 million class action settlement.

A new report from Prudential analyzes the U.S. retirement savings gap and recommends legislative action to expand use of multiple employer plans.

The Supreme Court’s decision about company stock investments in retirement plans has some plan sponsors rethinking that option, a survey says.

Fidelity wants the IRS to modify or withdrawal a recent newsletter article because it potentially establishes regulatory ambiguity.

Repealing the so-called “Cadillac tax” on high-cost health insurance plans would protect employees from unnecessary benefits cuts, supporters say.

Plan design can help retirement plans pass nondiscrimination testing.

The bill would address barriers to more S Corporations forming ESOPs.

The guidelines should be used to develop software for submissions to the Affordable Care Act Information Returns system.

A lawsuit says City National Profit Sharing Plan fiduciaries engaged in self-dealing and conflicted transactions.

While “top hat” retirement plans for executives are not subject to many ERISA requirements, there are still opportunities for plan sponsors to get in trouble with them.

Sixteen industry groups are asking the Department of Labor (DOL) to extend the comment period on the fiduciary proposal.

In his position as a chief research strategist with Russell Investments, Bob Collie sees a shifting retirement plan landscape—an industry facing critical challenges, but changing for the better.

Restriction of resources is not keeping the IRS from making sure retirement plans are in compliance.

Changing workforce demographics are driving retirement plan policy and law.

The DOL’s proposed fiduciary rule is deeply complex and potentially very wide-reaching, one experienced ERISA attorney tells PLANSPONSOR, suggesting absolute claims about its impact as yet deserve skepticism.

A retirement plan participant questioned his projected retirement benefit and a plan representative assured him it was correct, without further investigating.

Plan sponsors and advisers should keep in mind the fiduciary rule language issued by the DOL is just a proposal.