Art of the Qualified Plan Audit

Plan sponsors who are signatories to collective bargaining agreements agree to make contributions to their employees’ unions’ benefit funds, which generally include a welfare plan, a defined benefit pension plan, and a defined contribution annuity fund, among others.

Much like people who make a wish to be fit with the turkey wishbone after a Thanksgiving feast, many plan sponsors think that their INTENT to be a safe harbor plan is a sufficient defense when they have not met the requirements to be a safe harbor plan.

CPA firms that perform employee benefit audits can voluntarily join the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ EBPAQC (the Center).

The 2014 plan limits were just released. Included in this blog is a chart that outlines the recently announced cost-of-living adjustments affecting retirement plans.

Inheriting a retirement account, whether in a qualified plan or an IRA, can lead to complicated decisions regarding the treatment of the account.

When entering into a relationship such as marriage, there are immediate changes in one’s life. One of those is, of course, the requirement to consent.

You may have asked yourself the title question after hearing ‘QNEC’ or ‘QMAC’ in a discussion related to ADP/ACP testing.

Failing to allow eligible employees to defer in an employee benefit plan can be very costly and result in plan disqualification.

Many of our retirement plan clients who receive a letter from the IRS indicating their plan is the lucky winner of the “You’ve Been Selected” contest […]

As part of the Patient Protection Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA), the Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) was created […]