Art of the Qualified Plan Audit

Despite the relief retirement payroll managers and retirement plan officials may feel from this most recent sprint to the finish, THE RACE IS NOT OVER. Get that second wind and verify that deferral withholdings that employees have trusted you to put in their retirement accounts were actually deposited to the plan, without exception.

As explained in Timeliness of Deposits, the Department of Labor (DOL) has set deadlines for which salary deferrals must be deposited into the plan. If these deadlines are not met, a prohibited transaction under Section 4975 will have occurred and Form 5330 must be filed and excise taxes paid for each year or part of the year that the prohibited transaction is outstanding.

In a time when nonprofit organizations are facing higher demand for their services with fewer financial resources available to them, maintaining compliance with the ever-changing landscape of regulatory requirements is becoming increasingly difficult.