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Revenue Procedures Retirement Plan Self-Correction Programs

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Every Retirement Plan Needs Practices and Procedures for Self-Correction

Administering a retirement plan is a complicated task fraught with potential missteps. Fortunately, employers are now able to self-correct most errors and thereby avoid the considerable time and expense of filing an...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

You Live, You Learn… Correcting “Qualification Failures” under the Self-Correction Program

The Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”), as set forth in Revenue Procedure 2021-30, allows plan sponsors to correct “Qualification Failures,” which are defined as any plan document, operational, demographic...more

Snell & Wilmer

New Ways to Self-Correct Overpayments Under EPCRS

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On July 16, 2021, IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2021-30 to update the Employee Plans Compliance Resolutions System (the “EPCRS”). The update in part expands the opportunities for plan sponsors to self-correct failures under...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

IRS updates EPCRS

The IRS has updated the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) with the release of Revenue Procedure 2021-30. The EPCRS is used to correct certain plan qualification failures. EPCRS contains the Self-Correction...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Revised IRS Correction Procedures (EPCRS) Include Helpful Changes

On July 16, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published an updated version of its correction procedures for qualified retirement plans, Revenue Procedure 2021-30, the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System...more

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Revenue Procedure 2021-30: A New and (Further) Improved EPCRS

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The Internal Revenue Service has updated the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) in several respects that will be helpful to retirement plan sponsors. Revenue Procedure 2021-30, published July 16, 2021,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Need a Do-Over? IRS Expands and Updates Qualified Plans Correction Guidance

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Procedure 2021-30, which provides an updated version of the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS). EPCRS is the IRS’s comprehensive program for plan sponsors to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Some Welcome News: IRS Expands and Modifies Its Correction Methodology with New Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System...

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Plan sponsors and other administrators of eligible retirement plans must ensure that these plans are operated properly in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, including the applicable plan...more

Morgan Lewis

Relaxed IRS Self-Correction Rules a Boon for Plan Sponsors—and an Opportunity to Correct Failures Now

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On July 16, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2021-30, which made several important changes to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) and expanded the ability of plan...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

IRS goes for gold with EPCRS Expansion

Just in time for the Olympics, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is attempting to take a medal in the category of “long-form voluntary compliance programs”. The IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2021-30 (Rev. Proc. 2021-30),...more

Morgan Lewis

IRS Expands Self-Correction Procedures, but Eliminates Anonymous Voluntary Correction Program

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made important changes to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) in Revenue Procedure 2021-30 that are helpful for plan sponsors as they expand the ability of plan sponsors...more

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Employers Now Have New Opportunities For Self-Correction Under EPCRS

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The Internal Revenue Service recently amended its Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) to allow more retirement plan qualification failures to be self-corrected, including retroactive plan amendments. This is...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Updated Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System Expands Self-Correction Opportunities for Retirement Plan Sponsors

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

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Expands Self-Correction Program, Provides Welcome Relief for Plan Sponsors

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The IRS recently released an updated version of EPCRS, the IRS’s program for correcting errors that occur under tax-qualified retirement plans. The latest version of EPCRS makes it easier for plan sponsors to self-correct...more

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To Err is Human – To Forgive is Up to the IRS in Rev Proc 2019-19

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The IRS recently issued its latest version of the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”) in Rev. Proc. 2019-19. The EPCRS is the IRS program that assists employers in correcting both operational and document...more

Burr & Forman

Correcting Retirement Plan Errors Just Got Easier

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Procedure 2019-19 on April 19, 2019, updating the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) to expand the types of plan errors that can be corrected under EPCRS....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

IRS Expands Self-Correction Program

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On April 19, 2019, the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2019-19, updating its Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”) which permits retirement plan sponsors and administrators to correct compliance failures that may...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

IRS changes EPCRS program, expands self-correction program

After annoying many plan sponsors and plan providers by increasing user fees for their voluntary compliance program (VCP), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) goes the other way by increasing the number of opportunities for...more

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