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The February Monthly Minute highlights a new online ACA reporting alternative, the DOL’s temporary policy regarding escheatment of small retirement benefits owed to missing participants, and new guidance clarifying the gag...more
On January 14, 2025, the DOL issued Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2025-01, providing sponsors and administrators of ongoing defined contribution plans with a new option for missing participant balances of $1,000 or less:...more
State unclaimed property audits are becoming more frequent. Is your company in compliance? State unclaimed property audits are becoming more frequent as states look for ways to increase revenue. There is a growing chance that...more
Our Unclaimed Property Team analyzes how the Nevada Treasury Office’s interpretation of the state’s new unclaimed property law will create chaos and disruption for holders in the already-busy fall filing cycle....more
BB&K’s New Law Guidance for a Well-Informed Start to 2023 - In Part Four of our “In With the New” series, Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Advanced Records Center (ARC) team covers important new legislation and case law related...more
“Corporate evasion is corporate fraud,” the California Attorney General declares in a March 22, 2022 press release accompanying an unclaimed property complaint the State has filed alleging systemic failure to report and remit...more
Our Unclaimed Property Team examines a pair of fast-tracked Delaware bills that would reform a swath of the state’s escheat laws in response to ongoing litigation and other disputes over audits and voluntary disclosure...more
Sometimes, a retirement plan is required to distribute a missing participant’s account balance into a state’s unclaimed property fund. Until recently, it was unclear whether this distribution is subject to withholding of...more
Each state has unclaimed property laws for the purpose of assisting its citizens with locating and recovering their unclaimed property. Under these laws, financial institutions as well as other businesses, commonly referred...more
Kilpatrick Townsend partner David Posner recently hosted a webinar addressing recent developments in the growing area of unclaimed property concepts and state requirements. Mr. Posner focuses his practice on bankruptcy and...more
Hundreds of holders have voluntarily enrolled in the Delaware Secretary of State’s (SOS) Unclaimed Property Voluntary Disclosure Agreement (VDA) program since its implementation in 2012, with many of the VDAs closing within...more
The deadline for filing a 2014 Abandoned and Unclaimed Property Report with the Pennsylvania Treasury Department is April 15. Major changes were made to PA's Disposition of Abandoned and Unclaimed Property Act (the...more
The enrollment period for the Delaware Secretary of State’s Voluntary Disclosure Agreement Program (the Delaware VDA Program) for unclaimed property reporting closes next week on September 30, 2014. Delaware has previously...more
While renewing my license plates online with Indiana’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles (yes, bureau, not department), I saw an advertisement for the Indiana Attorney General’s Unclaimed Property Division, IndianaUnclaimed.gov. On a...more
Employers have many reporting requirements, but there is one many overlook – the Unclaimed Property Act, Oklahoma Statute title 60, §§ 651 et seq. The statute requires that a person holding property, tangible or intangible,...more
Most states require the holder of “abandoned” or “unclaimed” property to report (and remit) such property after the expiration of a certain number of years (the “holding period”). These “escheat” laws generally apply to any...more