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July 1, 2008 ((b)lines) - First, the new 403(b) regulations. Now, expect to see the IRS at your door with a stepped up audit program to ensure compliance.

July 1, 2008 ((b)lines) - A plan administrator states: "We administer a 403(b)(9) plan for our national church body, and we currently have about 2,500 churches and schools...

Having just spent most of the past week in Chicago at our annual Plan Designs conference (bigger and better than ever, I might add!), my head is still...

June 17, 2008 ((b)lines) - Final 403(b) regulations effective January 1, 2009, expand on and clarify contribution limits in the current regulations.

June 17, 2008 ((b)lines) - A 403(b) plan adviser asks: "If a small 501(c)(3) organization serves as a conduit for its employees to contribute to a 403(b), is...

My dad has been on my mind a lot of late—for no particular reason that I've been able to identify.

Last month, the Connecticut legislature didn't get around to voting on a bill that would have effectively set up a state-sponsored 401(k) plan for small businesses.

June 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With three teenagers running around the house, from time to time I am reminded of both the fun - and the travails -...

Recently AARP published a report on how economic worries are impacting Americans.

I spent some of my precious three-day weekend perusing Teresa Ghilarducci's When I'm Sixty-Four, an intriguing title for a book about pensions-or, as the subtitle suggests, "The Plot...

May 20, 2008 ((b)lines) - Not many (b)lines readers were forthcoming about their favorite vacation spots and activities, but the few responses that were provided surprised me. Rather...

There's been a lot of talk about tax policy of late.

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Believe it or not, the Pension Protection Act (PPA) is nearly two years old - and yet some of the most significant provisions...

I was discussing the subject of retirement the other day with a friend.

The House Committee on Education and Labor recently passed the 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act (H.R. 3185).

April 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This is Administrative Professionals Week - and yesterday was Administrative Professionals Day.

Over the past several weeks, I've gotten a lot of calls from reporters across the country looking to understand more about what appears to be a recent uptick...

An early "win" for plan sponsors (perhaps more accurately, a win for a plan sponsor) was Hecker v. Deere & Co.

When a co-worker forwarded to me an e-mail about Eliot Spitzer's alleged tie with a prostitution ring last week, I thought it was a joke.

While it's been a relatively mild winter here (and it's not over yet), it's been cold enough—and our house old enough—that opening the various utility bills has been...