Category: DOL/IRS Guidance
The DOL can use large retirement plan filings to uncover MISSING welfare plan filings
February 19, 2014
Welfare plans such as health, life insurance, dental, vision, short and long term disability plans, among others are generally a combination of unfunded and fully insured.
Do you owe the PCORI Fee which is due by July 31, 2013?
July 16, 2013
As part of the Patient Protection Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA), the Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) was created […]
How to Scratch that Match
May 23, 2013
Posted by Saaib Uppal, CPA As discussed in one of our previous blog entries, the IRS updated its regulations in 2009 to allow for the reduction and/or the suspension of safe harbor non-elective contributions if certain situations are in play. But, what should be the course of action for the employer who wishes to reduce/suspend a … Continued
Three Strikes and You’re Out (of money!)
February 14, 2013
Similar to ‘three strikes and you’re out’ in baseball, there is little opportunity in life to get multiple chances for a pardon.
From Choo Choo Trains to Required Minimum Distributions
January 14, 2013
Think back to your early childhood when your parents would try to get you to open your mouth and take in a spoonful of food. “Choo! Choo! Here comes the train!”
Will You Hit or Miss the Target?
November 20, 2012
Having a target in mind is always a helpful approach when attempting to guide oneself towards a particular finish line.
Don’t Forget to Distribute Safe Harbor Notices
November 08, 2012
As previously discussed in K.I.S.S.: Keep it Simple and Straight Forward with Safe Harbor Plan Designs, the IRS requires that safe harbor 401(k) plans, prior to the beginning of each plan year, […]
Playing it Safe with Rollovers of Mandatory Distributions
September 27, 2012
In our previous blog entry Moving the Goal Posts of Humaneness, we went over the news of the IRS no longer allowing their Letter-Forwarding Service for the use of […]
Moving the Goal Posts of Humaneness
September 13, 2012
In one of our previous blogs Mind Watching My Stuff for a Minute?, we discussed how to go about finding a participant who is unresponsive to communications from the plan sponsor.
Employee Benefit Plan Bonding & Fiduciary Liability Insurance
April 12, 2012
Posted by Michael E. Mast, CPA The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) section 412 requires plans to obtain an ERISA bond equal to the greater of $1,000 or 10% of the plan’s beginning of year plan assets, with a $500,000 maximum. In addition, if the plan assets include employer stock, then the maximum bond … Continued