I can still hear my mother saying it, "Haste makes waste, Marcel." And it is true in many situations – acting too quickly can cause mistakes that waste time and money. But it isn't always the case with qualified plan failures. In most cases, timely ...
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Safe Harbor Plans: Does Your 401(k) Need To Be One?
Does your Code section 401(k) plan keep failing the nondiscrimination tests? Or are your highly compensated employees (HCEs) unable to defer as much as they would like because of the low level of deferrals by the nonhighly compensated employees ...
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Succession Planning And The ESOP
Evaluating whether an ESOP is appropriate when it’s time to sell the business…
In ESOPs: The Three Types, we explain the three basic ways an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) can be used to effectively motivate employees to increase ...
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Affordable Care Act Compliance: The DOL Is Auditing
The Department of Labor (DOL) appears to be focusing its scrutiny on welfare benefit plans in response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA). Now that Obamacare implementation is well underway, practitioners have ...
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ERISA-Covered Plan Investment And Fee Disclosures To Participants: The What, Who, And How
What: In 2012, Department of Labor (DOL) rules went into effect requiring plan administrators of ERISA-covered plans with participant-directed investments to make specified disclosures of plan fee and investment information to:
Active ...
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ERISA Section 404(c) Compliance Alert
Do you have a defined contribution plan that allows participant-directed investments? If so, read on.
Participants generally will be responsible for the investment results of their accounts if the applicable regulations under ERISA ...
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