Tag: Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Closed DB Plan Nondiscrimination Issues Focus of Bipartisan Bill
A bipartisan piece of legislation with backing in the House and Senate seeks to protect long-term participants in closed and frozen pensions.
Guide Discusses Setting Up and Operating Automatic Enrollment 401k
The IRS document can be used by advisers in helping them educate plan sponsors about automatic enrollment 401(k) plans as well as to help plan sponsors set up...
IRS Considering Changes to Interest Crediting Rules for Certain PEPs
The agency is considering amendments to hybrid plan rules to address implicit interest pension equity plans.
Educational Resources Offered to Retirement Plan Sponsors by IRS
The agency announced the availability of “Issue Snapshots” about tax-related issues for retirement plan practitioners.
IRS Offers Sample Language for SIMPLE IRA Plans
The agency has issued a List of Required Modifications (LRMs) and Information Package for use with prototype SIMPLE IRAs.
IRS Eases Hardship Withdrawals for Hurricane Victims
Retirement plans can provide this relief to employees and certain members in disaster area localities affected by Hurricane Matthew and designated for individual assistance by the FEMA.
Updates on IRS Compliance Projects
The IRS released results on two completed projects and announce a new one.
403(b) Requirements Will Be Covered in IRS Webcast
Attendees will learn about hours of service; changes in employee status; student participation; and other 403(b) rules.
Updates to Correction Program Included in IRS Revenue Procedure
The revenue procedure updates the comprehensive system of correction programs for sponsors of retirement plans that are intended to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, but...
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IRS Restricts Salary Deferrals for NQDC Plans
... yet its proposed rules backtrack on vesting threat
Nondiscrimination Relief for Closed DBs Extended Again
The relief is available for plan years beginning before 2018, if certain conditions are satisfied.
IRS Seeks Comments About Plan Document Requirements
Some changes made be needed due to the end of the determination letter program.
PANC 2016: Washington Insights
A look at the latest legislative, regulatory and judicial developments
Ranking Senate Finance Democrat Eyes ‘Mega Roth IRA’ Taxes
“Tax incentives for retirement savings are designed to help people build a nest egg,” says one high-ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, “not a golden egg.”
IRS Issues Final Rule About Partial Annuities in DB Plans
The rule is intended to facilitate the payment of benefits partly in the form of an annuity and partly as a single sum.
DB Plan Clients Have New Mortality Tables for 2017 Calculations
The updated tables apply for purposes of calculating the funding target and other items for valuation dates occurring during calendar year 2017.
ERISA Advisory Council Strongly Focused on DC Portability
Defined contribution plan participant experience expert expresses real confidence in the industry’s ability to “solve the portability problem.”
IRS Permits Hardship Withdraws for Louisiana Flood Recovery
The Internal Revenue Service announced that employer-sponsored retirement plans can make loans and hardship withdrawals to assist victims of historic flooding in Louisiana.
Upcoming IRS Employee Plans Compliance Unit Webcasts
IRS is hosting a free webcast August 25 about the ongoing efforts of its Employee Plans Compliance Unit.