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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The DOL May Not Actually Want to Hear From You: New Guidance Streamlining the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program

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The DOL updated its voluntary fiduciary correction program (“VFCP”) which was introduced over 20 years ago to allow plan sponsors to corrected enumerated fiduciary breaches. The amended VFCP now allows for self-correction of...more

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DOL Releases Final Rule for Self-Correction Under the Voluntary Fiduciary Compliance Program

On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) released its long-awaited final rules regarding changes to the Voluntary Fiduciary Compliance Program (VFCP). The new...more

Dickinson Wright

If the Deadline for Self-Correcting Retirement Plan Errors Is Indefinite, Why Do I Have to Hurry?

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Section 305 of SECURE 2.0 added rules for self-correcting a new category of retirement plan errors under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“ECPRS”). Specifically, Section 305 allows an “eligible inadvertent...more

Miller Canfield

IRS Weighs in on Inadvertent Benefit Overpayments

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Earlier this week, the IRS released Notice 2024-77, which provides much-anticipated guidance related to the handling of so-called “inadvertent benefit overpayments” from qualified retirement plans under the SECURE 2.0 Act. ...more

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

Fisher Phillips

IRS Grab Bag Brings Clarity to Certain SECURE Act 2.0 Provisions: 6 Biggest Points for Employers

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Employers that sponsor retirement plans continue to have a lot on their plate. With SECURE Act 2.0 requirements now in play, this legislation continues to add more and more to your (already) overflowing plate. However, as is...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Diving Into SECURE 2.0: New DOL Lost and Found, Updates to EPCRS, and Delayed Implementation of Roth Catch-up Requirement

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The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) significantly changes the legal and administrative compliance landscape for U.S. retirement plans. Foley & Lardner LLP is authoring a series of articles that take a “deep dive” into key...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Why Time is of the Essence More than Ever in Correcting Retirement Plan Errors

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Errors in retirement plans happen even to the most well-intentioned plan sponsors. Several decades ago, the IRS published the first version of the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution Program (EPCRS), which outlines...more

Snell & Wilmer

SECURE 2.0 Expands Self-Correction Under EPCRS

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Effective December 29, 2022, Section 305 of SECURE 2.0 expands the ability for plan sponsors to self-correct certain plan failures under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”). Section 305 of SECURE 2.0...more

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Self-Help: The IRS Provides Interim Guidance for Self-Correction under the SECURE Act 2.0

The IRS recently issued Notice 2023-43 providing new interim guidance for self-correction of plan errors. This guidance applies to corrections made prior to the anticipated issuance of revisions to the Employee Plans...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Treasury, IRS Issue Interim Guidance on SECURE 2.0 Act’s Changes to EPCRS

Recently issued Notice 2023-43 provides interim guidance on certain changes to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) made by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022. In particular, the notice addresses how plan sponsors...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

SECURE 2.0 Guidance Process Begins – Self Correction for Eligible Inadvertent Failures Is First Up

The IRS has issued interim guidance to address the changes made by section 305 of SECURE 2.0 to the self-correction program under the IRS Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (commonly referred to as “EPCRS”).  While...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

The IRS Starts the Summer with a Splash: New Guidance for Self-Correction

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As discussed in an earlier blog post, the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (the Act) expanded the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), a comprehensive IRS program for correcting common qualified retirement plan...more

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IRS Issues SECURE 2.0 Guidance on Expanded Availability of Self-Correction

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The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) greatly expands the availability of self-correction of compliance failures involving employer retirement plans and IRAs. On May 25, 2023, the IRS issued Notice 2023-43, which...more

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and...

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SECURE 2.0 Expansion of Self-Correction Program and Plan Loan Error Corrections

The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0), the follow-up legislation to the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (now known as SECURE 1.0) (previously discussed here and here), includes many...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

SECURE 2.0 Delivers New Rules for Correcting Retirement Plan Errors

As part of our ongoing series on SECURE 2.0, this post discusses three significant changes to corrections of common retirement plan errors: (1) New rules for correcting overpayments, (2) expansion of the Self-Correction...more

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