Compliance | October 26th, 2020 IRS Issues Guidance About Retirement Plan Accounts Transferred to Unclaimed Property Funds A revenue ruling addresses income tax withholding and reporting, and a revenue procedure adds to the list of waivers of...
Ask the Experts | October 20th, 2020 What Types of Situations Does a ‘Mistake of Fact’ Plan Document Provision Cover? Experts from Groom Law Group and Cammack Retirement Group answer questions concerning retirement plan administration and regulations.
Compliance | October 5th, 2020 IRS Issues Final Rule on Default Withholding for Periodic Payments For 2021, the default rate of withholding for certain periodic retirement and annuity payments will remain the same as it...
Compliance | September 21st, 2020 PSNC 2020: What’s Next? This year’s conference opened with a lively discussion about the changes plan sponsors are experiencing, the new issues to which...
Compliance | September 2nd, 2020 IRS Requests Comments on Form 5500 Changes/Obligation There are two proposed changes, and comments are also requested about ways to enhance the information collected and to minimize...
Compliance | August 31st, 2020 IRS Issues Guidance About the Payroll Tax Deferral The guidance defined the ‘applicable wages’ per pay period that qualify for the deferral, as well as how the Social...
Opinions | August 31st, 2020 COVID-19 Compliance Corner: IRS Clarifies Rules for Delayed DB Plan Contributions Carol Buckmann, with Cohen & Buckmann P.C., explains legislative provisions or official guidance related to the COVID-19 pandemic that affect...
Compliance | August 17th, 2020 IRS Updates Model Rollover Notices to Reflect SECURE Act Changes The notice also clarifies that plan administrators are not required to provide a Section 402(f) notice to a recipient of...
Compliance | July 22nd, 2020 IRS Updates Operational Compliance List for 2020 Items effective in 2020 include several provisions of the SECURE Act.
Opinions | July 6th, 2020 COVID-19 Compliance Corner: IRS Clarification of RMD Waivers and Extension of Rollover Deadline Each week, Carol Buckmann, with Cohen & Buckmann P.C., will explain legislative provisions or official guidance related to the COVID-19...
Compliance | July 2nd, 2020 What to Know About Potential Open MEP Conflicts Attorneys say employers considering whether, and what type, of multiple employer plan (MEP) to join will want to closely monitor...
Compliance | June 23rd, 2020 IRS Notice Details RMD Rollback Process Under CARES Act IRS Notice 2020-51 answers questions regarding the waiver of required minimum distributions (RMDs) for 2020 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief...
Opinions | June 22nd, 2020 COVID-19 Compliance Corner: IRS Eases Spousal Consent Rules for 2020 Each week, Carol Buckmann, with Cohen & Buckmann P.C., will explain legislative provisions or official guidance related to the COVID-19...
Compliance | June 9th, 2020 IRS to Issue Opinion Letters for Pre-Approved Plans on June 30 An employer adopting a newly approved plan document will be required to do so by July 31, 2022.
Compliance | June 3rd, 2020 IRS Allows for Remote Retirement Plan Participant Elections The temporary relief is for retirement plan participant elections required to be witnessed by a plan representative or a notary...
Compliance | June 1st, 2020 IRS Provides Additional Deadline Relief to Plan Sponsors Deadlines have been moved for single-employer and multiemployer DB plans and 403(b) plans, among others.
Opinions | June 1st, 2020 COVID-19 Compliance Corner: Deadline Extensions Provide Relief to Retirement Plan Sponsors Each week, Carol Buckmann, with Cohen & Buckmann P.C., will explain legislative provisions or official guidance related to the COVID-19...
Compliance | May 21st, 2020 New IRS Revenue Procedure Sets 2021 HSA Limits The revenue procedure also sets the deductible limits that define a high-deductible health plan for the year.
Compliance | May 14th, 2020 The IRS Will Be Looking at Catch-Up Contributions in 403(b) Plans The agency published an issue snapshot explaining special catch-up contribution rules after issuing a program letter saying such contributions will...
Compliance | May 13th, 2020 Making Adjustments to Nonqualified Plans Not So Easy During Financial Crises IRC Section 409A governs plan sponsor and participant decisions for nonqualified plans, and the COVID-19 pandemic will make plan design...