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Internal Revenue Service Corrective Actions

The United States Internal Revenue Service is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury. The IRS is charged with collecting revenue and enforcing the Internal Revenue Code.  
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IRS Targeting Noncompliant Qualified Opportunity Funds and Their Investors

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On April 12, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service announced that starting this month, it will send letters to taxpayers requesting that they take corrective actions related to the reporting of investments in qualified...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

401(k) Plan Top 10 Year End Laundry List

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No one really appreciates laundry, but having a calendar year-end top 10 list may be exactly what plan sponsors and administration committees need in order to prevent operational or document compliance issues being raised by...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

IRS: Show Me the Signatures for Qualified Plan Documents

Tax laws have long required that qualified retirement plans timely adopt written plan documents and amendments. But what evidence must a plan sponsor provide to an IRS auditor to prove that they have timely adopted a written...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

The Crackdown on Cryptocurrency

We all read the headlines. Virtual currencies are a hot button topic. Even Facebook is developing their own virtual currency. It is easy to understand the attraction. The use of a virtual currency is anonymous. Account...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

IRS expands Self-Correction Program

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Last week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) expanded opportunities to use the Self-Correction Program (SCP), permitting Plan Sponsors to correct certain Plan Document Failures and plan loan failures....more

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I Missed a Tax Election…Now What? Requesting 9100 Relief

What do we, as tax professionals, do when we discover (or our clients discover) that a tax election has been inadvertently missed? There may be a solution for some missed elections. Regulations §§ 301.9100-1 through...more

Sullivan & Worcester

FICA Taxes and Administrative Traps for Employers

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The nuances of the Social Security and Medicare tax system – collectively FICA taxes – continue to confound and increase the potential liability of employers who are not well versed in this area....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

403(b) Remedial Amendment Deadline Finally Set

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On January 13, 2017, the IRS issued guidance setting March 31, 2020 as the last day of the remedial amendment period for 403(b) retirement plans. A remedial amendment period is a time frame during which an employer can...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The IRS Voluntary Compliance Program Is Like Your Parents

As a child, you’re usually told by your parents that they just want to hear the truth and that telling the truth is going to carry a far less punishment than if you lie and try to hide whatever bad thing you do. The...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Missed Deferrals - New 401(k) Correction Procedures

The IRS has recently issued three new, less expensive safe harbor procedures for correcting missed elective deferrals. These new procedures require either no employer corrective contribution to make up the missed elective...more

King & Spalding

Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System – Q&A #2

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If an employer unintentionally fails to comply with the qualification requirements of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to its qualified plan, the employer may be able to avoid disqualification of the retirement plan if...more

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