In 2002, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) established the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (“VFCP”), a free program designed to encourage plan fiduciaries to voluntarily correct certain fiduciary breaches...
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IRS Announces Expansion of Change in Status Rules for Cafeteria Plans
One of the basic rules under which cafeteria plans operate is that elections are irrevocable except in certain limited circumstances. Further, even when those limited circumstances apply, the change in election must be consistent with the change in status. Legislative...
IRS to Permit Determination Letters in Limited Circumstances for Individually Designed Code Section 403(b) Plans
Historically, an important element of compliance for tax-qualified plans under Code Section 401(a) or 403(a) was the submission of a request for a favorable determination letter on the form of the plan document. Indeed, requesting a favorable plan determination was...
Arbitration of ERISA Plan Disputes
Arbitration of ERISA Plan Disputes - Jordan Mamorsky and Barry Salkin, Lexis Nexis Practical Guidance® Practice Note, November 2022
Recent Successful Challenges to IRS Actions and Positions
Recent Successful Challenges to IRS Actions and Positions - Barry Salkin, New York University 2022 Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
IRS Issues Important Guidance with respect to Required Minimum Distribution Regulations
By Jon Schultze and Barry Salkin The SECURE Act made significant revisions to the required minimum distribution rules under Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section 401(a)(9) that apply to defined contribution and 403(b) plans, individual retirement accounts and...
Agencies Request for Comments on Issues Related to New Disclosures Under the No Surprises Act Indicate the Importance of Informing Marginalized Populations and Maintaining Privacy of Advance Health Care Information
By Roberta Casper Watson, Dannae Delano and Barry Salkin It should come as no surprise that most Americans do not have the information available to them that is necessary to make informed decisions about their medical care that includes the cost of the considered...
Department of Labor Updates Guidance on Independence of Qualified Plan Accountants
Plan sponsors of large employee benefit pension plans are familiar with the requirement of audited financial statements for annual reporting purposes. That requirement is discussed in the DOL’s 2018 guidebook “Selecting an Auditor for Your Employee Benefit Plan,” and...
Some Nonfiduciary Liabilty Issues After Harris Trust
Some Nonfiduciary Liabilty Issues After Harris Trust - Barry Salkin, Bloomberg Tax, Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal, September 2022
Fiduciary Risk Management and Liability-Driven 401(k) Plan Design
Fiduciary Risk Management and Liability-Driven 401(k) Plan Design - Marcia Wagner and Barry Salkin, InvestSense, August 28, 2022 (PDF)