Employee Plans Compliance Unit (EPCU) – 5500 Non-Filer/DOL Project

Tuesday, September, 29, 2015 / Published in Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases
On September 21, 2015, the IRS announced a new Form 5500 compliance project focusing on plan years ending in 2011, as detailed below. Plan sponsors should ensure that all required Form 5500s have been filed and respond to any notice received from the Employee Plans Compliance Unit. Read More

The Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT) proposes Recommendations to IRS for 403(b) Plans

Wednesday, July, 08, 2015 / Published in Employee Benefit Plans, News and Press Releases
In its report, the Employee Plans (EP) Subcommittee reviewed the current status of the 403(b) community, with specific focus on areas that have resulted in a lower level of compliance with the Code and created excess operational costs. Read More

IRS Modifies EPCRS to Make it Easier to Correct Automatic Contribution and Other Salary Deferral Failures

Monday, April, 06, 2015 / Published in Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
The Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”) sets forth a comprehensive system of correction programs for sponsors of retirement plans that are intended to satisfy the requirements of § 401(a), 403(a), 403(b), 408(k), or 408(p) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), but that have failed to meet those requirements for a period of time. Read

Voluntary Correction Program: Did You Complete Your Correction?

Wednesday, April, 01, 2015 / Published in Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
The Employee Plans Compliance Unit (EPCU) conducted a Voluntary Compliance Follow-Up project to determine if plan sponsors completed the corrections they agreed to in their Voluntary Correction Program (VCP) compliance statements. Read More

New Revenue Procedures for the Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System, including 403(b) Plan Failures

Friday, January, 04, 2013 / Published in Forms and Procedures, Policy Updates, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
The long awaited new Revenue Procedures for the Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System have been issued and will be effective, generally April 1, 2013. The information below from the IRS website highlights some of the changes. Read More