Retirement Plans

Employment LawScene Alert: Action Required by August 31, 2020 for Certain Retirement-Related CARES Act Relief

An August 31, 2020 deadline applies both to individual retirement account participants who want to repay a required minimum distribution…

4 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Review Your Company’s “Top-Hat Filing” Status Now to Avoid Increased Form 5500 Penalties

Companies that have entered into arrangements (1) to pay deferred compensation to key employees (including owners), or (2) to provide…

5 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: IRS Issues a Second Set of April 2019 Changes to Retirement Plan Correction Program

The IRS Employee Plans division on Friday, April 19, released an updated version of its comprehensive retirement plan correction protocol. …

6 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Recent Legislation Impacts Qualified Retirement Plan Hardship Withdrawal and Plan Rollover Rules

The two-year budget agreement passed by Congress on Friday, February 9th, and signed by President Trump later that day, includes…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Survives Repeal-and-Replace Attempt

Employer sponsors of nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans, as well as the executives and other service providers, who benefit from…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: IRS Announces 2018 FSA, Transportation, and Employee Benefit Plan Limits

The Internal Revenue Service has released the cost-of-living adjustments to the dollar limits under various employer-sponsored benefit plans for 2018.…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: It’s Time to Amend 403(b) Retirement Plan Documents!

If your organization is a public school or university, a tax-exempt charter school or hospital, a church, church-affiliated entity, or…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Executive Order Halts Implementation of DOL Fiduciary Rule

Early this afternoon (Friday, February 03, 2017), President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Department of Labor (DOL) to…

8 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: IRS Announces 2017 Employee Benefit Plan Limits

The Internal Revenue Service recently published the cost-of-living adjustments to the dollar limits under various employer-sponsored retirement and health plans…

8 years ago