The IRS recently updated its Operational Compliance List to include 2020 legislation and guidance to help plan sponsors identify changes that may affect their plan’s compliance. The Operational Compliance List (“OC” List) is provided per Rev. Proc. 2016-37, Section 10, and Rev. Proc. 2016-37, Section 9, to help plan sponsors and practitioners achieve operational compliance by identifying
On August 18, 2020,the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced an interim final rule that will help workers determine their ability to retire by allowing them to estimate how their current savings in a 401(k)-type plan might translate into lifetime monthly payments. The rule implements section 203 of the Setting Every Community
The IRS has issued proposed regulations related to the extended rollover period for a qualified plan loan offset amount. The details of the proposed regulations, as reported by Checkpoint of Thomson Reuters, is detailed below. Plan sponsors and administrators should reach out to their service providers and third-party administrators to understand how the proposed regulations
The DOL Employee Benefit Plan Security Administration (EBSA) issued Disaster Relief Notice 2020-01; Guidance and Relief for Employee Benefit Plans Due to the COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Outbreak which extends the deadlines for furnishing certain required notices or disclosures to plan participants, beneficiaries, and other persons so that plan fiduciaries and plan sponsors have additional time
IRS Notice 2020–51, Guidance on Waiver of 2020 Required Minimum Distributions, provides guidance relating to the waiver of 2020 required minimum distributions (RMDs) under the CARES Act. In particular, the notice: permits rollovers of waived RMDs and certain related payments includes an extension of the 60-day rollover period for certain distributions to August 31, 2020
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2020-50, Guidance for Coronavirus-Related Distributions and Loans from Retirement Plans Under the CARES Act, expands access to COVID-19 related plan distributions and plan loans for qualified participants under the CARES Act by expanding the categories of individuals eligible for these types of distributions and loans (referred to as “qualified
Recently, our own Dave Torrillo, along with Gwen Stoute of Hogan Taylor and Lisa Todd of Moss Adams, was interviewed for an article written by Ken Tysiac editotial director of the Journal of Accountancy, “Pandemic considerations for EBP financial statements.” In the article, Dave and other experts give their thoughts on things to keep in