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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

The Form 5500: What All Employers and Plan Administrators Need to Know and How to Avoid Costly Fines

In today’s episode of “Just Compensation,” hosts Megan Monson, Taryn E. Cannataro, and Batool T. Banker of Lowenstein’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation practice examine the Form 5500, which must be filed by all...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Update on Recent Multiemployer Pension Reform Developments

In recent months, two competing visions for multiemployer pension reform legislation have been introduced in Congress....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

IRS Provides Guidance on CARES Act Defined Benefit Contribution Funding Relief

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As Seyfarth has blogged about on multiple occasions, the CARES Act provided relief for qualified plans as a result of COVID-19. With respect to qualified defined benefit pension plans, the CARES Act...more

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IRS Extends More Pension Deadlines For COVID-19

IRS Notice 2020-35 is a follow-on to Notice 2020-23 that provided for a wide range of pension filings and actions that were otherwise due between April 1 and July 14, 2020 that were extended until July 15, 2020. ...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

SECURE Act Requires Immediate Action by Plan Service Providers

Congress recently passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”), the largest package of retirement system reforms in over a decade.  Many of the provisions in the SECURE Act...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

New Retirement Plan Legislation Enacted Into Law

On December 20, 2019, federal legislation approving spending limits for the 2020 fiscal year was signed into law. Included in the legislation is the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the...more

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Beware of the “Overshare”: Construe Requests for ERISA Plan Documents Narrowly!

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Administrators of ERISA plans frequently receive requests from participants, beneficiaries, and their representatives for plan-related documents. A recent decision from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more

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DOL Releases Updated Summary Annual Report Forms

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On May 30, 2019, the Department of Labor released an updated form to be used to prepare the Summary Annual Report for welfare plans. The Department of Labor did not make any changes to the form, but has authorized its use...more

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Retirement Plan Guidance And Compliance Trends In 2019

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2019 will be a busy compliance year for companies’ human resource and finance leaders and other tasked with overseeing employer-sponsored qualified retirement plans. Compliance trends are coming into view, based on new IRS...more

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ERISA Newsletter - Third Quarter 2017

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Editor's Overview - As we have observed on other occasions, the ERISA class action plaintiffs' bar has, for several years now, honed in on 401(k) plan fiduciaries and their decisions to select and retain investment options...more

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Important Information for 2015 Form 5500 Reporting: Pension Benefit Plans and Funded Welfare Benefit Plans

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As you may know, there have been several new items added to the 2015 Form 5500 series. Specifically, these are: - ..Preparer Information at the bottom of page 1 of Form 5500 and Form 5500-SF ..Schedule H, Lines...more

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New Legislation Extends Future Form 5500 and 990 Deadlines, Affects Veterans Health Benefits and Extends Excess Pension Asset...

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On July 31, 2015, President Obama signed the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015, temporarily extending the Highway Trust Fund to provide continued funding for federal transportation...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Religious Institutions Update - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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"Church plans" are pension plans (including defined benefit or defined contribution plans) exempt (without an irrevocable election) from many of the legal requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...more

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Death, Taxes and …ERISA Disclosure Regulations?

There are few sure things in life, and although it is probably safe to say that ERISA disclosure regulations would not be considered one of them, there has certainly been a steady stream of new ERISA-related disclosure and...more

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EBSA Updates Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program

On January 28, 2013, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), announced updates to its Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance (DFVC) Program. ...more

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