If you’ve recently discovered your business may be part of a Controlled Group (CG) or an Affiliated Service Group (ASG)—or assumed you weren’t and got it wrong—your 401(k) plan could face significant compliance issues.
This misstep isn’t just a ...
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Retirement Plans – IRS Gives New Options for Voluntary Correction But Also Takes Away
The IRS recently issued new guidance for voluntary correction of retirement plan qualification errors in Revenue Procedure 2021-30 (Rev. Proc). The IRS has given practitioners more options for self-correction, including extension of the time for ...
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PPP FAQs: Will Retirement Plan Contributions Be Forgiven Under the Paycheck Protection Program?
Many have questioned how much of retirement plan contributions paid with PPP loans can be forgiven. On August 4, 2020, the Small Business Administration resolved one big question when it issued the latest FAQs on PPP Loan ...
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Retirement Plan Compensation Failures: A Tale Of Two Errors
Retirement plan compensation failures are one of the top ten most common errors submitted to the IRS's Voluntary Compliance Program. In this podcast, Marcel Weiland discusses two scenarios of compensation failures in the area where we see it most ...
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Retirement Plan Participant Loan Errors: Loan Caps And Repayment
In this podcast, Marcel Weiland discusses retirement plan participant loan errors involving IRS rules governing the loan caps and repayment schedule, the potential consequences of a compliance failure to the plan sponsor and employee, and plan ...
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The Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program – Over-The-Counter Relief
In 1995, the Department of Labor (DOL) established its Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance (DFVC) Program to enable plan sponsors to file all the appropriate returns and to pay reduced penalties.
If you have an employee benefit plan for which an ...
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