Compliance | June 29th, 2018 IRS and DOL Asked for Better Guidance on Missing Participants The Plan Sponsor Council of America has heard concerns from its members that they have been or may be subjected...
Compliance | May 31st, 2018 Compensation and Benefit Limits Affected by Short Plan Year If a short plan year is created when a plan is amended, terminates or is newly adopted, proration of the...
Compliance | May 22nd, 2018 IRS Reminds Plan Sponsors When a Complete Discontinuance of Contributions Occurs If there is a complete discontinuance of contributions in a profit sharing plan, including a 401(k) plan, the plan is...
Ask the Experts | May 15th, 2018 (b)lines Ask the Experts – Dealing With Missing Participants “I have been reading a lot about missing retirement plan participants lately. If our plan has any, should I be...
Compliance | May 14th, 2018 IRS Announces 2019 HSA Contribution Limits For an individual with family coverage, the 2019 health savings account (HSA) contribution limit is $7,000, up from the recently...
Compliance | April 27th, 2018 IRS Reverses Change in HSA Limit The IRS says it is reversing the change to the limitation because stakeholders informed it that implementing the $50 reduction...
Compliance | April 6th, 2018 IRS Seeks Input for Determination Letter Program Exceptions in 2019 When the IRS ended its determination letter program, it said it anticipates making exceptions based on program capacity to work...
Opinions | March 6th, 2018 DB Q&A: Defined Benefit Plan Mortality Assumptions Marcia Wagner, founder of The Wagner Law Group, answers questions about the IRS’ guidance about mortality tables that apply for...
Compliance | January 5th, 2018 IRS Modifies VCP User Fees The agency also issued information about how to obtain or re-establish an employer identification number (EIN) for a retirement plan...
Compliance | November 15th, 2017 IRS Announces 2018 Health FSA Limit The agency also issued a reminder that a certain amount of flexible spending account assets can be rolled over to...
Compliance | November 14th, 2017 IRS Releases Covered Compensation Tables The tables are to be used for determining contributions to DB plans and permitted disparity in DC plan contributions.
Compliance | November 6th, 2017 IRS Memo Includes Guidance Regarding RMDs and Missing Participants The memo lists actions plan sponsors should take to locate missing participants in order not to be challenged on violating...
Compliance | October 31st, 2017 IRS Letter May Open Door for Auto Enrollment in More Governmental 457 Plans In response to a private letter ruling from the IRS, ICMA-RC will provide its public-sector clients with a model 457(b)...
Ask the Experts | October 13th, 2017 Questions to Skip on Form 5500 “As we are preparing to finalize our 2016 Form 5500s in time for the extended deadline, a colleague of mine...
Compliance | October 4th, 2017 IRS Issues Final Regulations About Mortality Tables In a statement, ERIC said it is pleased the agency took into account its request for flexibility for DB plan...
Compliance | September 11th, 2017 IRS Reminds 403(b) Plan Sponsors of Common Plan Errors In a new publication, the IRS lists rules for 403(b) compliance and resources from the agency to help plan sponsors.