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Recent 403(b) Developments

by King & Spalding on 5/8/2013

Background - 403(b) retirement plans are similar to 401(k) plans, but the employers who may establish 403(b) plans are limited to public schools, certain tax exempt employers (including religious and charitable...more

IRS Releases Final Colleges and Universities Compliance Report: Reveals Significant Underreporting

by Richard Frazier, Elizabeth Mullen | Saul Ewing LLP on 5/1/2013

A recent report of the IRS’ Exempt Organizations (EO) division provides the results of a multi-year audit of tax-exempt colleges and universities regarding their compliance with IRS reporting requirements. The report focuses...more

IRS Pressures Build: Budgetary Constraints, the Aging IRS Workforce and Changes in IRS Focus

by Thomas Cullinan, Joseph DePew, John Lanier, Mary Monahan, Daniel Schlueter | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 4/25/2013

On April 10, 2013, President Obama released his proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Budget of the U.S. Government. The budget calls for an increase in funding for the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), which has faced budget cuts in...more

Expanded Guidance from IRS on 403(b) Plans

by Robert Abramowitz, Amy Kelly, R. Randall Tracht | Morgan Lewis on 4/2/2013

IRS amends EPCRS, significantly affecting 403(b) plans, and issues guidance to assist 403(b) plan sponsors in identifying and correcting defects....more

IRS Relief for 403(b) Retirement Plans

by Jessica Carter, David Glaser, Meridith Bogart Krell, Bernard O'Hare, Bruce Wolff | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 3/22/2013

Recognizing that the requirement to have a detailed written plan document for a 403(b) retirement plan was a new and arduous task for many non-profit entities who sponsored such plans, the IRS has now published favorable...more

What You Need to Know About FATCA’s Impact on Non-U.S. Retirement Plans

by Kary Crassweller, Andrew C. Liazos, Todd Solomon | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/21/2013

The Internal Revenue Service recently published final regulations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which are effective immediately. FATCA imposes significant reporting obligations on both non-U.S....more

The Top 10 Major Misconceptions Plan Sponsors Have About Their Retirement Plans

by Ary Rosenbaum on 3/20/2013

Retirement plans can be an effective means for employee retention and tax savings. However if not operated properly, a retirement plan can inadvertently expose the employer to liability from unhappy plan participants and the...more

Retirement Plan Sponsors Have More to Fear Than Fear Itself

by Ary Rosenbaum on 3/12/2013

In his inaugural address in 1933 amidst the Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that the only thing we had to fear was “fear itself”. 1933 predates ERISA by 40+ years, so FDR clearly didn’t understand the dilemmas of...more

IRS and US Department of Labor Continue to Expand, Encourage and Simplify Correction Programs in 2013 Updates to EPCRS and DFVCP

by Gregory Brown, Christopher K. Buch, Russell E. Greenblatt, Gary Howell, Ann Kim, Daniel B. Lange, William Mattingly | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 3/1/2013

Plan sponsors know that errors and failures in administering a retirement plan happen. All too often, changes in administrators, service providers and other staff uncover errors and compliance problems that should be...more

IRS Issues New Correction Procedures for Retirement Plans

by King & Spalding on 3/1/2013

The IRS recently released new Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) procedures. The new EPCRS procedures update procedures that were last issued in 2008 (the “2008 EPCRS”). Like the 2008 procedures, the new...more

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012: Expanded Roth Conversions and Other Benefit and Retirement Related Provisions

by King & Spalding on 2/5/2013

On January 2 , 2013, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8) (the “Relief Act”) into law. While the principal intention of the Relief Act was to avert the key elements of the “fiscal cliff” by...more

IRS Updates and Expands Qualification Correction Program

by Lisa H. Barton, Brian J. Dougherty, Carly Grey, Gregory Needles, R. Randall Tracht | Morgan Lewis on 1/31/2013

New provisions for correcting operational and plan document errors take effect on April 1. On December 31, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) updated its Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) through...more

It Just Got Easier to Fix Your Ailing Retirement Plan

by Kelsey Mayo, David L. Woodard | Poyner Spruill LLP on 1/29/2013

Properly maintaining and administering a retirement plan is a difficult task for most employers. Despite even extreme vigilance, things often go wrong. The list of potential plan errors is endless, and plan sponsors face very...more

IRS Announces Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Limits for 2013 Applicable to Retirement Plans

by Pullman & Comley, LLC on 1/25/2013

The Internal Revenue Service has announced cost of living adjustments (COLA) applicable to dollar limitations for retirement plans for 2013. Employers should make sure that the individuals in charge of their payroll...more

Recent Changes To The IRS Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System

by H. Vicky Chen | Perkins Coie on 1/24/2013

To kick off 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Procedure 2013-12 updating the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), the voluntary compliance program for employer-sponsored retirement plans....more

IRS Releases Updated Retirement Plan Correction Procedures

by Harry Atlas, Jessica Kuester, Lisa Tavares | Venable LLP on 1/23/2013

The IRS recently released the long-awaited updated version of the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), Revenue Procedure 2013-12. EPCRS allows the sponsor of a tax-deferred retirement plan to voluntarily...more

Fiscal Cliff Legislation Expands In-Plan Roth Conversions for Qualified Plans

by Kevin J. Hogan, Anne Meyer | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 1/23/2013

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”), more commonly known as the fiscal cliff legislation. Among other things, the Act amended the tax code to remove some of...more

American Taxpayer Relief Act Increases Access To In-Plan Roth Conversions

by Darren Goodman, Andrew E. Graw | Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 1/21/2013

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “2012 Act”). The 2012 Act expands the ability of participants in 401(k) and other eligible retirement plans to convert their pre-tax...more

IRS Releases Revised Retirement Plan Correction Program Including Important New Guidance For 403(b) Plans

by David Rosner, C. John Wentzell, Jr. | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/16/2013

On December 31, 2012, as Times Square in New York was getting ready to drop the crystal ball, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) dropped long-awaited guidance regarding retirement plan corrections in the form of Revenue...more

New and Improved Retirement Plan Correction Program Includes Crucial 403(b) Relief

by David Rosner, C. John Wentzell, Jr. | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/16/2013

On December 31, 2012, as Times Square in New York was getting ready to drop the crystal ball, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) dropped long-awaited guidance regarding retirement plan corrections in the form of Revenue...more

IRS Releases Updated Employee Plan Correction Procedures

by Lori Atkin, Dennis R. Bonessa, Dodi Walker Gross, John D. Martini, Allison Warden Sizemore | Reed Smith on 1/9/2013

On December 31, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Revenue Procedure 2013-12, which contains long-awaited updates to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”), previously set forth in...more

2013 Filing and Notice Deadlines for Qualified Retirement and Health and Welfare Plans

by King & Spalding on 1/9/2013

Employers and plan sponsors must comply with numerous filing and notice deadlines for their retirement and health and welfare plans. Failure to comply with these deadlines can result in costly penalties and excise taxes. To...more

Fiscal Cliff Legislation Provides New In-Plan Roth Conversion Opportunity

by Josh Bobrin, Brian M. Pinheiro | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/8/2013

The newly enacted American Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 8) includes a significant new opportunity to perform “in-plan” conversions of pretax dollars to Roth (after-tax) dollars of funds held in defined contribution retirement...more

Legal Alert: The Fix Is In: IRS Updates Retirement Plan Correction Programs

by Margaret C. Barker, Adam Cohen, Carol McClarnon, Jamey Medlin, Alice Murtos, Joanna Myers, Vanessa Scott, W. Mark Smith, William Walderman, Carol Weiser | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 1/8/2013

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided some alternative entertainment on New Year’s Eve by releasing the long-awaited updated Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) revenue procedure on December 31, 2012....more

IRS (Finally) Releases Updated Voluntary Correction Procedures, Including 403(b) Corrections

by Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee... on 1/7/2013

On December 31, 2012 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2013-12 which replaces existing Revenue Procedure 2008-50, the procedure for voluntary correction of qualified retirement plan errors. The...more

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