by David Torrillo | Dec 21, 2017 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases, Policy Updates, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b), Uncategorized
Below are the key retirement plan provisions under the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, per Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting, Checkpoint Special Study on Pension and Benefit Changes in the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” These are consistent with previous expectations. Extended...
by David Torrillo | Dec 15, 2017 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases
In Notice 2018-2, IRS has provided updated mortality improvement rates and static mortality tables to be used for defined benefit (DB) pension plans under Code Sec. 430(h)(3)(A) and §303(h)(3)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which...
by David Torrillo | Nov 28, 2017 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases, Policy Updates, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced an 18-month extension from Jan. 1, 2018, to July 1, 2019, of the special Transition Period for the Fiduciary Rule’s Best Interest Contract Exemption and the Principal Transactions Exemption, and of the applicability of...
by David Torrillo | Nov 3, 2017 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
The IRS’s Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division has issued a memo in which it instructs its examiners not to challenge a qualified plan that can’t locate a retired participant, for failing to meet the required minimum distribution (RMD) standards, if the...
by David Torrillo | Aug 22, 2017 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Notice 2017-44. This notice provides model amendments that a sponsor of a qualified defined benefit plan may use to amend its plan document to offer bifurcated distribution options to participants in accordance with final...
by David Torrillo | Jul 3, 2017 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases, Policy Updates, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
The IRS in Revenue Procedure 2017-41 updated the procedures for the issuance of opinion and advisory letters by the IRS regarding the qualification in form of Pre-approved Plans. This revenue procedure modifies the IRS’s historic approach to Pre-approved Plans in...
