by David Torrillo | Oct 3, 2017 | Employee Benefit Plans, News and Press Releases, Policy Updates, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
President Trump signed into law H.R. 3823, the “Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017”, which delivers temporary tax relief for retirement plans as well as other tax relief to the victims of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria...
by David Torrillo | Aug 30, 2017 | Employee Benefit Plans, News and Press Releases, Policy Updates, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
The Internal Revenue Service announced that 401(k)s and similar employer-sponsored retirement plans can make loans and hardship distributions to victims of Hurricane Irma and Harvey and members of their families. This is similar to relief provided last year...
by David Torrillo | May 23, 2017 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases, Policy Updates
On May 22, 2017 Alexander Acosta, the Secretary of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on the Fiduciary Rule. In it he states: “The Labor Department has concluded that it is necessary to seek additional public input...
by David Torrillo | Apr 20, 2017 | Employee Benefit Plans, News and Press Releases, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
On April 20, 2017, the AICPA Auditing Standards Board issued an exposure draft, Proposed Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS), Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements of Employee Benefit Plans Subject to ERISA. Read...
by David Torrillo | Apr 5, 2017 | Employee Benefit Plans, News and Press Releases
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a 60-day extension of the applicability dates of the fiduciary rule and related exemptions, including the Best Interest Contract Exemption. The announcement follows a Feb. Read...