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McDermott Will & Emery

Special Report: SECURE 2.0 Act and the Future of the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System

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The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) allows employers to correct errors involving the maintenance and operation of tax-qualified retirement plans. Depending on the severity...more

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Secure Act 2.0 Creates Greater Opportunities for Self-Correction of Retirement Plans

Since 1998 the Internal Revenue Services (the “IRS”) has had a comprehensive employees plans correction program with three components: self-correction (SCP), voluntary correction with IRS approval including related user fee...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New IRS Pre-Audit Compliance Program for Retirement Plans

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Retirement plan sponsors should be aware of a new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pilot program, which permits plan sponsors to conduct a pre-examination “check-up” of retirement plan administration before the IRS begins a...more

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Deadline Approaching for 403(b) Sponsors to Review Plan Documents for Compliance

Section 403(b) plans must be maintained pursuant to a written plan document that meets detailed requirements set forth in IRS regulations. If a plan contains a defect as to form (e.g., a provision does not comply with the...more

King & Spalding

Compensation and Benefits Insights – June 2019

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On April 19, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Revenue Procedure 2019-19 (the “Revenue Procedure”) and a separate IRS Release (the “Release”) updating the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Fixer Upper Options for Retirement Plans: IRS Expands the EPCRS Self-Correction Program - Employee Benefits Alert

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

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

IRS Expands Self-Correction of Retirement Plan Errors

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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

IRS changes direction, issues new collection on plan correction

On April 19, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2019-19, which updates its Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS). The new EPCRS significantly expands the use of retroactive plan...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

IRS Expands Self-Correction Program for Retirement Plans

In Revenue Procedure 2019-19 effective April 19, 2019, the IRS expanded a plan sponsor’s ability to Self-Correct certain retirement plan failures. This expansion makes it easier for plan sponsors to fix retirement plan...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

IRS Issues Update To Qualified Plan Correction Guidance

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In September, the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2018-52 updating the IRS correction program, i.e., Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”). EPCRS allows retirement plan sponsors to correct compliance failures that may...more

Perkins Coie

No Joke: EPCRS Voluntary Correction Program Goes Paperless on April 1, 2019

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Starting April Fools’ Day, all Voluntary Correction Program (VCP) submissions and fee payments under the IRS’s Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) must be made online; the IRS will no longer process paper VCP...more

Snell & Wilmer

IRS Updates Retirement Plan Correction Procedures

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On September 28, 2018, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2018-52. The Revenue Procedure makes changes to the IRS Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”), which is the IRS’ comprehensive correction program for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

IRS Updates EPCRS Plan Correction Procedure - Employee Benefits Alert

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

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