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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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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

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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

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

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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

Williams Mullen

PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - SECURE 2.0 Act Relief for Plan Corrections

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On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses eligible inadvertent failures that may be self-corrected under SECURE 2.0 Act and limitations on self-correction. ...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

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Simply Irresistible…To Not Seek Recoupment of Overpayments

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by Lyn Domenick Many retirement plan errors are inadvertent and involve small dollar amounts. However, the work involved in correcting such errors can be time consuming and burdensome. Fortunately, SECURE 2.0 provides that...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

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Establishing Practices and Procedures to Support Retirement Plan Self-Correction

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The opportunity to self-correct mistakes in maintaining a retirement plan has been dramatically expanded by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”); see our February 10 blog post for details. However, IRS interim guidance...more

McDermott Will & Emery

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

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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

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Secure Act 2.0 Creates Greater Opportunities for Self-Correction of Retirement Plans

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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

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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

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