REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits
Nonprofit Basics: IRS 10-Course Charity Workshop
Nonprofit Basics: Unrelated Business Income Tax: Modifications and Exceptions - Part 2
Nonprofit Basics: Unrelated Business Income Tax: Basic Rules for Charities - Part 1
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - IRS Clarifies Emergency Distributions Tax Exceptions
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in North Carolina and South Carolina
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Private Foundation Advocacy
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Legislative Lobbying and Advocacy Rules for Public Charities
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Candidate Campaign Intervention
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 176: Tax Exempt Healthcare Entities with Jim Pool, Maynard Nexsen Health Care Attorney
Scrutiny Around the Hospital Tax-Exempt Status
Nonprofit Basics: What Nonprofits Need To Know About Expenditure Responsibility Grant Requirements
Podcast - Charity Care: A Discussion on Tax-Exempt Hospitals
Nonprofit Basics: Document Retention Policies and Subpoenas, and a Conversation With Aviva Gilbert on Why Good Policies Matter
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 3: Private Foundation Approaches to Policy Advocacy Allowed by the Internal Revenue Code
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 2: Legislative Lobbying Activities by Public Charities
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 1: Candidate Campaign Intervention
Change of Control: Golden Parachute Rules in the Sale Process
Code Section 409A - Six Month Delay
The wildfires moving through Southern California have destroyed communities and displaced countless individuals....more
The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 was enacted at the end of last year as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. The act sets forth a number of changes affecting retirement plans that go into effect over several years....more
A special IRS-approved correction method available for elective deferral failures in 401(k) and 403(b) plans with automatic contribution features will sunset on December 31, 2020, meaning it will not be available to correct...more
With the March 31 deadline to correct form defects in plan documents under the Initial Remedial Amendment Period fast approaching, employers now have less than two months to ensure that their 403(b) plans are in compliance...more
The IRS recently amended the rules applicable to hardship distributions from 401(k) and 403(b) plans. The new hardship distribution regulation relaxes some of the restrictions on the availability of hardship distributions...more
In September, the Treasury Department issued final regulations governing hardship withdrawals from 401(k) plans. The final regulations update the existing 2004 regulations to reflect recent statutory changes made to the...more
Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group examines the numerous changes – mandatory and permissible – plan sponsors can make to their 401(k) or 403(b) plans in light of new regulations for hardship distributions....more
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (collectively referred to hereafter as “IRS”) on September 23, 2019 published the final regulations on hardship distributions, finalizing the regulations proposed in...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has finalized revisions to the regulations governing hardship distributions under 401(k) and 403(b) plans. The final regulations make some subtle but important changes to the regulations...more
Employer-sponsors of certain retirement plans have work to do prior to the end of 2019. Sponsors of Internal Revenue Code ("Code") section 401(k) and 403(b) plans must analyze their plan documents and associated...more
The IRS recently issued proposed regulations relating to hardship distributions under 401(k) plans. The proposed regulations generally clarify or supplement recent statutory changes, including those made by the Bipartisan...more
Otis Redding and the Black Crowes may have proclaimed themselves “hard to handle now,” but thanks to recent guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), hardship distributions from 401(k) plans are a bit less hard to...more
Hopefully still in time for 2019 plan design discussions, on November 9, 2018, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend IRS regulations related to...more
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (“Budget Act”) includes several changes to the rules governing hardship withdrawals from 401(k) plans. Because the changes apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2018, 401(k) plan...more
Following Hurricane Harvey and its resulting destruction, many employees are in need of financial assistance and/or early access to retirement funds. We will highlight how employers can make direct financial assistance...more