Harris CPAs has announced a merger with AnchorPoint Accounting of Boise, Idaho and Clark Anderson McNelis & Co. of Coeur d’Alene, effective January 1, 2020. The mergers adds a total of 11 professionals to Harris CPAs Meridian and Coeur d’Alene offices.
5 Things You Need to Know About 1095 Reporting
What is the current status of the ACA? The short answer is: The ACA remained in full force for 2019 and all Applicable Large Employers are required to File Form 1095 for each employee.
Reinventing Retirement Benefits To Drive Millennial Engagement
Attracting and retaining millennials, the largest segment of today’s workforce, is a priority for companies in one of the tightest labor markets in history. One way to do this is to re-evaluate the company’s benefits—particularly the retirement plan—so that they better align with millennials’ needs and priorities.
Deadline Approaches for Remedial Amendments for 403(b) Plans
The IRS has released new requirements regarding plan documents for 403(b) plans that will likely result in amending your current plan document or restating your plan entirely. Now is the time to make sure your 403(b) plan is compliant before the remedial period ends March 31, 2020. Let us help you determine if changes need to be made or if you are already in the clear!
Remittance Schedules: How to Know and Meet Your Deadlines
Missing deadlines for deposits on employee benefit plan participants retirement accounts—even by a couple of days—can carry significant penalties. Our latest blog more clearly defines the requirements and how to avoid significant penalties.
Labor Department Proposes Rule to Expand Association Retirement Plans
The proposal would allow unaffiliated businesses in various industries, but with common economic interests, to join together and create a retirement plan for all employees under a single administrator.
Harris CPAs Opens a New Location in Coeur d’Alene
Harris CPAs is excited to announce the opening of a new office in Coeur d’Alene as of November 1st. The office will function to support the growing client base Harris currently has in Northern Idaho and ensures Harris clients and fellow professionals have easy face-to-face access to the Harris team when they need it. We are also excited to welcome …
Fees for 401(k) Services: What Plan Sponsors Need to Know
By Patricia Schirmer, CPA – Harris CPAs Political candidates who don’t know the cost of a gallon of gas or a movie ticket usually wind up paying that price with voters and losing on election day. Likewise, many plan sponsors are finding themselves on the losing side of lawsuits because they allowed their defined contribution plan to pay unreasonable service fees. …
Retirement Plan Sponsors: Is Cybersecurity Part of Your Fiduciary Duty?
We’ve all received suspicious-looking emails asking us to provide personal information to redeem a prize that we’ve won or alerting us that someone we know needs financial help. By now, most of us recognize these scams—and don’t open the email. But what if the message looked like it was coming from an official, known source? Would you open an email …
Expanded Missing Participants Program
What Plan Sponsors Need to Know About Terminating Plans The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is helping defined contribution (DC) and other plan sponsors looking to terminate their plans by expanding its Missing Participants Program. For more than 20 years, the program has been available to PBGC-insured single employer defined benefit (DB) plans only. Now, the final rule, published in …
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