The Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) is a powerful self-correction tool provided by the IRS, giving plan sponsors the opportunity to right almost any self-identified error under its three component programs. But what about errors ...
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Pension Investing: A Bird’s Eye View, Part II
In Part I of this article, we explained how you, as a retirement plan trustee (or the administrative committee responsible for investing plan assets), can better find your way through the fiduciary forest of competing pension plan investments if ...
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ERISA Reporting And Disclosure Requirements: Eight Common Mistakes To Avoid
One: Failure to file notice of a blackout period.
ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements can be daunting. Retirement plans must provide a notice to plan participants if the participants' ability to direct their investments in the will be ...
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It’s Alive – Posthumous QDROs
A small item in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) revived the viability of qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs) entered after the death of a participant. This should concern family law attorneys, employers, plan administrators and ...
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Automatic Enrollment – Time To Plan & Act
Saving for retirement is an important issue facing employers and employees alike. With Social Security's long-term viability in question, employees must be actively involved in creating their own retirement nest egg. One of the best ways an employee ...
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Form 5500: The Role Of The Accountant And The Audit Report
What is an accountant's role in your annual return/report (Form 5500)? Conventional wisdom says that accountants or auditors have an integral role to play in the preparation of the annual report for employee benefit plans, from both a financial and a ...
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