Compliance

October 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations relating to the requirements for filing certain employee retirement benefit plan statements, returns, and reports...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) proposed a regulation that would require electronic filing of “top hat” plan...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a notice regarding measurement methods for determining whether an employee is a full-time employee under the...

September 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a revised collection of information under...

September 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has added to the list of events for which employer health plan participants can change their coverage election...

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will pay retirement benefits for nearly 2,000 current and future retirees of James River Coal Company.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sponsors of hybrid retirement plans for employees now have clarity about how to credit interest to these plans.

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Making sure valuations are correct, addressing multiemployer plan problems and providing relief for closed plans were among suggestions made by witnesses for a...

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plans with more than 100 employees eligible to participate must include a plan audit with their annual Form 5500 filing to the...

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New legislation would create a permanent change in the way nondiscrimination regulations apply to certain defined benefit (DB) pension plans.

September 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has created a guide for retirement plan sponsor reporting and disclosure responsibilities.

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations for hybrid retirement plans.

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided rules for allocating pre-tax and after-tax amounts among distributions that are made to multiple destinations from...

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing covered numerous retirement-related topics, including proposals to streamline plan-testing requirements and others that could radically change...

September 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – “If Congress enacts tax reform, pensions and savings laws will be modified,” contends Russell W. Sullivan, senior adviser, Federal Public Affairs, McGuireWoods Consulting.

September 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Madison, Wisconsin-based hospital has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by cash balance plan participants rather than face a large class action suit.

September 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. retirement plan landscape has moved from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC), and now to an undefined contribution system, one...

September 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A lawsuit brought by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) against the three major ratings agencies has ultimately survived motions for dismissal.

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released guidance relating to the defined benefit (DB) plan funding relief provided in legislation signed into law...

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — A number of states have moved to use their public retirement systems to offer retirement plans for private-sector workers.