by David Torrillo | Aug 26, 2019 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases, Policy Updates
In IRS Notice 2019-49, the Internal Revenue Service extends the temporary nondiscrimination relief for closed defined benefit plans that is provided in Notice 2014-5, 2014-2 I.R.B. 276, by making that relief available for plan years beginning before 2021 if the...
by David Torrillo | Jul 31, 2019 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
DOL Issues Field Assistance Bulletin 2019-01. Field Assistance Bulletin 2019-01 provides guidance and temporary penalty relief related to certain Form 5500 Annual Return/Report requirements for multiple employer plans (MEPs) subject to Title I of the Employee...
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 | 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...