Compliance | January 16th, 2018 Vanderbilt University 403(b) Plan Suit Continues to Next Stage While some claims were dismissed, others were moved forward.
Compliance | December 28th, 2017 Princeton University Lawsuit Stayed While 3rd Circuit Deliberates On the motion for reconsideration of its previous choice to rule against summary dismissal, the court is quite skeptical. It...
Ask the Experts | December 19th, 2017 Worried About Tax Reform “I have received so many emails etc. on tax reform, including articles that conflict with each other, that I am...
Ask the Experts | December 12th, 2017 Can Plan Compensation Definition Include Housing Allowance? “I work for a denominational church entity where ministers can exclude a portion of their compensation from taxable income as...
Ask the Experts | December 5th, 2017 Post-Termination Contributions for Employee Receiving Severance Pay “We are a 501(c)(3) private tax-exempt hospital that sponsors a 403(b) plan. We have an employee who has been here...
Ask the Experts | November 28th, 2017 Problem With Compensation Definition in 403(b) Prototype Plan “We are a private tax-exempt organization that currently uses a recordkeeper-provided document for its 403(b) plan. The document consists of...
Ask the Experts | November 21st, 2017 Change in Rules for Contract Exchanges “I work for a denominational church plan sponsor. Our plan permits contract exchanges (we have some inactive vendors in the...
Compliance | November 20th, 2017 NYU Participants File Second Excessive Fee Complaint In the new complaint, participants attempt to offer more evidence for claims that were dismissed in another pending lawsuit.
Ask the Experts | October 30th, 2017 A Special Halloween Edition “Do the Experts have any Treats for us this Halloween, or only Tricks?”
Ask the Experts | October 24th, 2017 Which Expenses Can Be Reimbursed From Plan Assets? “How do we determine which expenses are appropriate to be reimbursed from plan assets, and which expenses should not be...
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...
Ask the Experts | October 10th, 2017 What Is an Annuity Contract? “I am new to the 403(b) world, having come from the 401(k) arena. I am quite familiar with mutual funds,...
Products | September 29th, 2017 OneAmerica Launches Tax-Exempt Center of Excellence The website offers digital tools, videos, tutorials and more to help plan sponsors in the tax-exempt field raise the retirement...
Compliance | September 27th, 2017 IRS Allows for Effective Date Addendums for 403(b) Plan Documents Generally, the overall effective date for 403(b) pre-approved plans are plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, but...
Compliance | September 22nd, 2017 Case Against University of Pennsylvania 403(b) Plan Dismissed A federal court judge basically found many of the allegations stated normal business practices and the plaintiff did not offer...
Ask the Experts | September 19th, 2017 RMDs and Rehires “I read an Ask the Experts column from a few years ago which stated that, if we hired someone older...
Compliance | September 18th, 2017 What 403(b) Plan Sponsors Can Learn From Recent Lawsuits Steps can be taken to prevent a lawsuit, establish defenses if a lawsuit arises and buy fiduciary protection.
Compliance | September 13th, 2017 SEC Secures Fee Rebates for Faith-Based 403(b) Plan Sponsors The SEC says Envoy Securities received at least $24,893.26 in 12b-1 fees in connection with investments in higher-fee share classes.
Ask the Experts | September 12th, 2017 (b)lines Ask the Experts – FICA Difference Between 403(b)s and 401(k)s “I read with great interest your recent Ask the Experts column about one-time irrevocable elections for 403(b) plans.
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.