PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - SECURE 2.0 Act Relief for Plan Corrections
As employers using a pre-approved plan document are aware, a plan restatement must be adopted by the end of the two-year window following the 6-year remedial amendment period cycle. With the Cycle 3 deadline for defined...more
On Friday, July 16, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published the most recent revision to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) in Revenue Procedure 2021-30. Revenue Procedure 2021-30 supersedes and...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently expanded self-correction opportunities under its Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) in Revenue Procedure 2019-19, which was effective as of April 19, 2019. EPCRS...more
Through Revenue Procedure 2018-52, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has updated its system of correction programs for retirement plans known as the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS). EPCRS permits plan...more
In each case, the answer depends on whether the document and operation are in compliance with the many technical requirements for section 403(b) plans. IRS officials have recently indicated that the IRS expects to launch...more
In Revenue Procedure 2019-19, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) significantly expanded the availability of the Self-Correction Program (SCP) that plan sponsors may use to self-correct failures in their qualified retirement...more
In guidance issued on April 19, 2019, the IRS expands the situations in which retirement plan sponsors can self-correct compliance failures without first having to seek IRS approval or paying a fee. Employers should be aware...more
On April 19, 2019, the IRS updated its guidance on the official methods of correction that can be used by tax qualified and 403(b) retirement plans (and, to a lesser extent, 457 plans). ...more
Long on the wish list of practitioners and plan sponsors alike, self-correction of certain common plan document issues and loan failures is finally an option under the Internal Revenue Service’s Employee Plans Compliance...more
Newly published Revenue Procedure 2019-19 modifies and supersedes prior IRS guidance regarding the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) to allow plan sponsors to self-correct an expanded number of problems that...more
The IRS recently issued Revenue Procedure 2019-19 (the 2019 RP) to provide revised procedures for its Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) – the system through which plan sponsors can correct errors in the form...more
It’s an odd mistake, but this is the third time I’ve had to handle it in the last 10 years: representing an employer that was sold a retirement plan that they weren’t supposed to have. Weird? You bet, but it happens and it...more
Tax-exempt employers have a special opportunity to fix compliance concerns with their 403(b) retirement plans. They have through March 31, 2020 – the “Remedial Amendment Period” (RAP) – to retroactively self-correct...more
Through Revenue Procedure 2018-52, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has recently updated its system of correction programs for retirement plans known as the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS). EPCRS permits...more
The IRS has revised its user fees for the Voluntary Correction Program (VCP) effective for submissions made on or after January 2, 2018. VCP is an IRS program that allows plan sponsors to correct failures involving a...more
Health & Welfare Plans - Health Care Reform: Supreme Court Grants Review to Two Cases Challenging ACA’s Contraception Coverage Mandate - The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases challenging...more
Tax exempt employers who sponsor 403(b) plans were generally required to adopt a written plan document by December 31, 2009. If a written document was not timely adopted, the employer may take advantage of the IRS Voluntary...more
On February 21, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) added to its “self-help” resources a new “403(b) Plan Fix-It Guide” to provide guidance more specifically directed at 403(b) plan sponsors that identify qualification...more
On December 31, 2012, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2013-12, which updates and expands the IRS's Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) – the IRS's "fix-it" program for retirement plan errors. Every few years,...more
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
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently updated the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), the comprehensive system of correction programs for sponsors of qualified retirement plans. The components of EPCRS...more