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...
by David Torrillo | Mar 7, 2019 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases, Policy Updates
In Notice 2019-18, Offering a Lump-Sum Payment Option to Retirees Currently Receiving Annuity Payments under a Defined Benefit Plan, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced that they no longer intend to amend the required...
by David Torrillo | Feb 22, 2019 | Employee Benefit Plans, News and Press Releases, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
There have been several recent legal developments which plan sponsors should be aware. Putnam investments has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on who is responsible for bearing the burden of proof whether investment losses resulted in losses to 401(k) plan...