The SECURE Act, signed into law in December, immediately impacts 401(k) plans with provisions that became effective January 1st, and other provisions going into effect in later years. Here is an overview of the relevant changes.
Changes Effective ...
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A DQ Tale – The Haunting Carryover of a Disqualifying Defect
A special "ChrERISAmas Story” for the benefits of our readers …
Here’s a tale that we heard from the end of 2018. It illustrates how retirement plan operational defects from years ago can cause plan qualification problems today — even if you never ...
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Hardship Distributions And Headaches Down The Road
Note: This article is a revised version of an article published by our law firm years ago. It has been updated to reflect statutory changes under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA) and proposed hardship distributions regulations published on ...
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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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The IRS 401(k) Plan Checklist
Don't wait for an IRS audit to find out that your 401(k) plan is out of compliance.
The IRS's 401(k) Plan Checklist is a helpful tool to help assess whether your plan has fallen into the trap of the IRS's Top Ten Failures submitted for its ...
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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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