by David Torrillo | Apr 1, 2015 | 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...
by David Torrillo | Feb 11, 2015 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
Errors Recently the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS) posted what it finds as common Form 5500 errors and how to avoid them and IRS Scrutiny. In many Employee Plans Compliance Unit (EPCU) projects, the IRS find mistakes when plan sponsors enter incorrect...
by David Torrillo | Jan 21, 2015 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, Retirement - 401(k), 403(b)
We get this question a lot. The instructions to the Form 5500 give the technical answer. However, below is a quick summary of those requirements. Every situation is unique and for 2023 Form 5500s, the DOL just updated the rules. Read...
by David Torrillo | May 12, 2014 | Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases
The IRS has issued Notice 2014-35 which provides relief from late-filing penalties from the annual reporting requirements under Form 5500 series with respect to employee benefit plans. Under the notice, the IRS will not impose penalties relating to the filing of Form...
by David Torrillo | Dec 21, 2012 | Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases
The IRS recently announced on its web site that starting January 1, 2013, it will no longer send proposed penalty notices for untimely or incomplete Form 5500s, but rather will only send penalty notices for Form 5500s that are untimely or incomplete. Read...
