The Department of Labor views non-compliance with remittance rules as a major issue, and missing deadlines for deposits can carry significant penalties.
2022 Cybersecurity Update: Best Practices Overview
Join us for our next EBP webinar, where we invite our colleagues, Shane Hanson and Trish McGinity from Empower Retirement to discuss the global trends they are seeing in cybersecurity, how to meet and exceed the DOL guidelines for best practices in cybersecurity, and what we can all do to improve data security. Please register by October 4.
2022 EBP Update: Tips to Ensure a Smooth Audit & Legislative Update
With so many requirements set forth by regulatory agencies, plan administration can be arduous, but your annual audit process doesn’t have to be! Whether you are new to being audited or you’ve been through the audit process several times, in the first half of this session, we will share the Top 10 tips from audit professionals for plans of all …
ERISA Update and Outlook for 2022
ERISA Update—Past, Present and Future. Here, we outline four themes that plan sponsors should be keeping a close eye on in 2022.
Hardship Distribution Amendment Deadline is Fast Approaching
With the Dec. 31 deadline approaching, plan sponsors should act quickly to examine whether these changes were made to their plans.
Missing Participants: What Plan Sponsors Need to Know About the DOL’s Latest Guidance
While the DOL’s latest guidance on missing participants doesn’t have the force and effect of the law, plan sponsors should carefully review this guidance and adjust their processes and procedures as necessary ahead of any potential missing participant investigations.
The Tax Implications of Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness
Now that the dust has settled on the three rounds of PPP loan funding, it important to consider the tax implications of these loans and the forgiveness thereof.
WEBINAR: 2021 EBP Legal Update
Join us for our next webinar with a special guest presentation from our colleague at Holland & Hart, Ben Gibbons. In this presentation, Ben will discuss the latest ERISA updates and post-COVID impacts that may affect your employee benefit plan. Ben Gibbons is an associate at Holland & Hart and counsels employers on a broad range of qualified retirement plan, health and …
WEBINAR: 2021 EBP Audit Update
Change is coming to your employee benefit plan audit. Are you prepared? Each audit of employee benefit plan (EBP) financial statements covered by The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) ending on or after December 15, 2020, is subject to new standards introduced by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). In this session, our Assurance Director, …
Hardship Distributions: What Retirement Plan Sponsors Need to Know About Complying With Recent Changes
These changes are designed to make it easier for participants to access funds from their 401(k) plans if they are experiencing significant financial hardship, and several changes apply to 403(b) plans as well. Some of these provisions were optional from 2018 to 2019 but became mandatory in 2020 for plan sponsors that chose to allow hardship distributions.
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