Compliance | October 28th, 2005 IRS Opens Abusive Tax Scheme Settlement Process October 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to get taxpayers to voluntarily confess their involvement in abusive tax schemes,...
Compliance | October 19th, 2005 Proposals Would Eliminate Tax Advantage of Some Benefits October 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In addition to eliminating or limiting some popular tax deductions, two tax plan proposals President...
Compliance | October 14th, 2005 IRS Releases 2006 Plan Limits October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials today gave plan sponsors what they eagerly await each fall:...
Compliance | October 6th, 2005 Tax Board: Options Gain Taxable in CA October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A couple has lost its legal challenge over whether their gain from the exercise of...
Compliance | September 28th, 2005 Bush Storm Relief Bill Includes Plan Distribution, Loan Provisions September 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has signed into law a series of tax breaks for Katrina victims including...
Compliance | September 15th, 2005 DoL Helps Hurricane Katrina Victims September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the IRS have issued guidance...
Compliance | September 15th, 2005 Posthumous QDRO Found to Still be Valid September 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A West Virginia federal judge has awarded a dead participant's ex-wife benefits even though the...
Compliance | September 13th, 2005 Senators Present Katrina Tax Relief Package September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two influential US Senators are pressing forward with a sweeping tax relief package aimed at...
Compliance | September 12th, 2005 IRS Increases Mileage Rate September 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In response to the spike in gas prices, the Internal Revenue Service has increased the...
Compliance | September 7th, 2005 IRS Clarifies End-of-Year Cafeteria Plan Tax Reporting September 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Wednesday issued guidance on how plan sponsors who have...
Compliance | August 30th, 2005 IRS Releases DC Plan Document Language August 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is lending a hand to plan sponsors drafting plan documents...
Compliance | August 29th, 2005 DoL Proposes Electronic Filing of Form 5500 August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's (DoL's) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) office has published a...
Compliance | August 26th, 2005 US Treasury and IRS Issue Final Regulations on Abusive Transactions August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and the IRS have issued final regulations completing a two year project...
Compliance | August 26th, 2005 IRS Lays Out Staggered Remedial Amendment Schedule August 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service on Friday issued new guidance on how it would handle consideration...
Compliance | August 25th, 2005 IRS and US Treasury Issue Proposed Regulations for HSAs August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS and US Treasury have issued proposed regulations regarding comparability rules for employer contributions...
Compliance | August 25th, 2005 IRS Releases ESOP Deductions Proposals August 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed regulations to clarify several issues involving deductions for...
Compliance | August 16th, 2005 Plan Change Violated Anti-Cutback Provision August 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Arizona federal judge has ruled that an employer violated the anti-cutback rule in the...
Compliance | August 12th, 2005 IRS Issues Proposed Regs on Anti-Cutback Rules August 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued proposed and final regulations under IRC Sections 411(a) and...
Compliance | August 10th, 2005 Feds Unveil New Guidance Schedule August 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have given a preview of the areas on which they will provide legal...
Benefits | August 4th, 2005 What Are Participants Doing With Lump Sum Distributions? August 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An updated report issued by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) says that 84% of respondents...