by David Torrillo | Jul 31, 2019 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases
The Department of Labor issued Final rules for ARPs. The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued final regulations which make it easier for small businesses to provide retirement savings plans through “association retirement plans” (ARPs), by allowing small...
by David Torrillo | Jul 10, 2019 | Employee Benefit Plans, News and Press Releases
As expected, In July 2019, the AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) issued AICPA Statement on Auditing Standards No. 136, Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements of Employee Benefit Plans Subject to ERISA (“SAS No. 136″ or the “new EBP...
by David Torrillo | May 23, 2019 | Employee Benefit Plans, News and Press Releases
Julie Verrekia was recently featured on PICPA Podcast talking about protecting employee benefit plan information from Cybercriminals. Social Security numbers. Medical data. Financial information. The volume of personal information kept inside employee benefit plans is...
by David Torrillo | May 2, 2019 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases, Policy Updates
Revenue. Procedure. 2019-20, consistent with the process described in Rev. Proc. 2016-37, 2016-29 I.R.B. 136, provides for a limited expansion of the determination letter program with respect to individually designed plans. Under this limited expansion, the Internal...
by David Torrillo | Apr 22, 2019 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases, Policy Updates, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
With the issuance of Revenue Procedure 2019-19, the IRS modifies its Employee Compliance Resolution System for the second time in less than a year. Effective April 19, 2019, the IRS modified the IRS Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”). EPCRS permits...
by David Torrillo | Mar 26, 2019 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases
In Notice 2019-26, the IRS has provided updated mortality improvement rates and static mortality tables to be used for defined benefit pension plans under § 430(h)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and section 303(h)(3)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income...
