SEC Approves Rules on Proxy Enhancements
December 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved rules to enhance the information provided to...
Tag: Regulations
Financial Reform Bill Heads to the U.S. Senate
December 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. House lawmakers on Friday approved a sweeping financial reform measure which would, among other...
Boehner Slams Obama Administration for Advice Move
November 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) today blasted the decision by the Obama...
Products |
Grant Thornton Tax Guide Offers Exec Comp Strategies
November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Grant Thornton LLP's recently released year-end tax guide for 2009 has a section on executive...
Financial Services Committee Approves Derivatives Regulation
October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New rules for the $450 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market were approved by the House Financial...
Tax Court Rejects Lawyer's Deductions for Prostitutes, Pornography
September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new U.S. Tax Court case barring a tax lawyer from claiming $125,000 in medical...
Recovery Act Tax Benefits Include Work-related Education Deduction
September 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has established an information center describing the various tax credits,...
Benefits |
Market Valuation of Pension Liabilities Labeled "Inappropriate"
August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) from the Segal Company in...
Time Running Out for GASB Comments
August 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The deadline for comment on two Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Exposure Drafts (EDs) of...
U.S. Institutions Split on Systemic Risk Regulator
August 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies and financial institutions around the world express strong levels of support for many of...
House Reps Release Guidance for Derivatives Legislation
July 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C....
NCPERS Backs Current Discount Rate System
July 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A trade group of public pension plans has come out in favor of making no...
Products |
Equity Methods Enhances Equity Compensation Accounting Software
July 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity Methods, provider of FAS 123R guidance and solutions, announced the release of version 5.5.0...
GASB Issues Guidance on Multi-employer OPEB Plans
June 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued an exposure draft of a proposed statement...
Fiduciaries May Need to Report Foreign Plan Investments
June 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan fiduciaries may have another acronym to worry about - FBAR - which is...
The IRS: We want to Save Employers $$ on Cell Phone Taxes
June 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official, in an anonymous Reuters interview, asserted the tax agency...
Products |
Principal Introduces Tool for Reporting Fair Value Measurements
June 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has unveiled an online, user-friendly tool to help retirement plan sponsors...
Madoff-Prompted Bill Heads to CT Governor
June 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill headed for the desk of Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell would crack down...
International Accounting Agrees to Weigh in on Use of Discount Rate
May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has agreed to delay publication of an exposure draft...
SEC Functions Could be Divided under New Proposal
May 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Obama administration may call for stripping the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of some...