Compliance

The IRS revealed Form 5500 errors it found during various compliance projects, which could cause a plan to be selected for a compliance check.

President Obama’s proposed budget once again looks to cap retirement plan savings to about $3 million per investor.

The IRS has suggested a list of helpful internal controls for retirement plan sponsors.

The IRS recommends including reference lists when applying for a retirement plan determination letter.

A U.S. attorney has accused a former Comcast employee of creating dummy retirement accounts and defrauding the firm of nearly $125,000.

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration says a new disclosure rule will ensure workers receive annual funded status notifications for their defined benefit pension plans.

A draft version of a White House memo and a new website are causing some sparks in the adviser community.

A recent $140 million fiduciary breach settlement involving Nationwide Financial should be a call to action for retirement specialist advisers, says David Witz of Fiduciary Risk Assessment LLC.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has formally outlined his hopes and expectations for federal tax reform,...

The ERISA Advisory Council has made recommendations to support the idea of retirement plan participants keeping their savings in ERISA-covered plans for life.

The 2014 ERISA Advisory Council made several recommendations to the Department of Labor (DOL) related to outsourcing employee benefit plan services.

A federal appellate court has agreed with the PBGC that a retirement plan amendment adopted after the plan’s termination impermissibly reduced its benefit obligations to participants.

The White House has released a statement outlining the president’s tax proposals.

Edison International has petitioned the U.S. Supreme court to drop its review of Tibble vs. Edison International, a closely watched retirement plan fee litigation case involving the company’s...

Leaders of the Insured Retirement Institute expect “swift and significant legislative reaction” if the Department of Labor’s fiduciary redefinition proposal closely resembles a preliminary version filed in 2010.

The U.S. Labor Department filed a complaint against a Rochester, New York, investment adviser and plan administrator to recover losses suffered as result of alleged fiduciary breaches.

The DOL has issued guidance about new DB plan funding notice requirements of the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014.

The surviving spouse of a fully vested participant in a FedEx pension plan claims she is being unlawfully denied a survivor annuity benefit owed to her by the...

A committee tasked with considering a state-established retirement plan for private-sector employees has issued its recommendation report.

A survey finds the majority of DC plan sponsors that offer company stock as an investment option have no plans to make changes to the offer, despite a...