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Simplified Option for Correcting Certain Retirement Plan Failures

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Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) amended its Voluntary Fiduciary Compliance Program (“VFCP”) to provide retirement plan sponsors with a simplified option for correcting certain specified prohibited...more

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NOW is the Time to Review and Correct Retirement Plan Compliance: IRS Notice 2023-43

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There has never been a better time for plan sponsors to prioritize reviewing and self-correcting eligible plan failures. SECURE 2.0, attached to the 2022 year-end Consolidated Appropriations Act, expands retirement savings...more

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

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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

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Alert: New IRS Retirement Plan Compliance Program

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Dear Plan Sponsor - Have you received a letter from the IRS with respect to your retirement plan? If so (or if not, but you want to be prepared in the event you do receive “the letter”), read on....more

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IRS Announces Retirement Plan Compliance Pilot Program

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Under the IRS Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), as set forth in Revenue Procedure 2021-30, a plan that has been notified of an impending audit cannot remedy issues using the Voluntary Correction Program,...more

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New IRS Compliance Program Should Be On Every Plan Sponsor’s Radar

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The IRS announced in its June 3 Employee Plans Newsletter a new 90-day Pre-Examination Compliance Pilot Program. Under the program, which is in effect, the IRS will notify an employer that it intends to audit the employer’s...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

401(k) Compliance Check #3: Don’t You Forget About Me – Addressing Participant Exclusion Errors

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In last month’s 401(k) Compliance Check #2, we discussed the importance of timely depositing participant contributions in your plan’s trust or custodial account after deferral elections have been made and amounts deducted...more

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Department of Treasury Issues 2015-2016 Priority Planning Guide

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The Department of the Treasury issued its 2015-2016 Priority Guidance Plan detailing projects that it intends on dedicating resources to in the coming year. There are numerous employee benefits-related items in the plan....more

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Employee Benefits Alert - July 2015

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Major Revisions to Qualified Plan Determination Letter Process Announced - Effective January 1, 2017, the staggered five-year determination letter remedial amendment cycles for individually designed plans will be...more

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Employee Benefits: A Major Curtailment of the IRS Determination Letter Program Will Impose New Compliance Burdens on Sponsoring...

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The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") announced, on July 21, 2015, a major curtailment of its determination letter program for individually designed qualified retirement plans ("Individually Designed Plans") that will impose...more

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