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What About the Form W-2 Reporting Requirement?
April 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Do the PPACA Form W-2 reporting requirements apply to employers for 2011? For 2012?
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IMHO: Comparison “Points”
March 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Every year about this time, we get reports from firms that purport to tell us how much time is spent in preparations...
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More Answers on Annual & Lifetime Limits
March 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We have received a number of recent questions on the new PPACA requirements regarding annual and lifetime limits.
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IMHO: Court Costs
March 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week brought to light an aspect of 401(k) litigation that doesn’t generally get a lot of coverage—and the participant-plaintiff...
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What About the New Summary of Benefits Notice?
March 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the anniversary of PPACA approaches (March 23), we have received questions about when plans must start delivering the new Summary of Benefits...
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IMHO: “Conversation” Starters
March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There’s been a lot of talk coming from Washington of late about the need to have “an adult conversation” with...
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What is The Current Status of the CLASS Act Long Term Care Program?
March 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week a reader asks about the status of the CLASS Act Long Term Care program that was part of the PPACA
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Plan Termination Guidance Addresses Unanswered Questions
March 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS has issued additional guidance (Revenue Ruling 2011-7) to confirm and clarify the application of new 403(b) plan termination provisions in the...
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IMHO: Underlying Assumptions
March 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued two reports focused on 401(k) plans; one on target-date funds, the other on potential...
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How is State Tax Applied to Coverage for Adult Children Under the PPACA?
March 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – This week’s question; how is employer-provided health coverage provided to adult children up to age 26 under the new PPACA requirement taxed for...
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How Does the External Review Requirement Apply for Self-Funded Plans
March 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week, we answered questions on the new external review requirements.
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What the IRS Guidance on 403(b) Plan Terminations Means
February 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS has issued long-awaited guidance in the form of a Revenue Ruling on the termination of 403(b) plans, particularly as to how...
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What About the New External Review Requirement?
February 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We are receiving a number of questions on the new external review requirement, which is effective for plan years beginning on or after...
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Sailors, Drunks, and Women
February 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the real world, being treated as "special" can wind up being a burden.
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Must Premiums for Young Adults be the Same as for Other Adults?
February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – This week a reader asks a question about the new dependent child coverage requirements.
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IMHO: Service Charges
February 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As Valentine’s Day approached, you may have seen a series of increasingly ubiquitous advertisements for a certain online florist.
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403(b)s: Plan Compliance and Plan Design are Connected
February 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - “Compliance coordination” is a term that has special importance to 403(b) plans today, in part due to changes made in the final...
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What About the Nondiscrimination Testing Exception for Smaller Employers?
February 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – This week a reader asks about the nondiscrimination testing exemption for smaller employers.
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Maintaining Non-ERISA Status for 403(b)s
February 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many 403(b) sponsors that have maintained their plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act safe-harbor exclusion are now questioning whether this is...
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What About the New Claims & Appeals Requirements?
February 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We have been receiving several question on the new claims and appeals rules under health care reform, particularly on the effective date for...