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Common Mistakes to Avoid in Your Employee Benefit Plan
Common Mistakes to Avoid in Your Employee Benefit PlanManaging employee benefit plans can be a challenge. Benefits can be complicated. If you make mistakes, it could mean costly fines or even criminal punishments. Here are common employee benefit plan mistakes and...
The American Rescue Plan of 2021: Pension Plan Benefits
The American Rescue Plan of 2021:Pension Plan BenefitsWill the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 benefit your pension plan? The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) became law on March 11, 2021. It contains many provisions affecting pension plans. How it will...
What Business Deductions Can I Take In 2020? Set Up a Retirement Plan!
What Business Deductions Can I Take in 2020? Set Up a Retirement Plan!Despite the pandemic, many small businesses saw profits in 2020. As they begin calculating their final tax liability, they now realize that their liability exceeds expectations. They ask themselves...
SECURE Act: Plan Amendment Options
SECURE Act: Plan Amendment Options The SECURE Act was signed into law on December 20, 2019. Your plan will require an amendment prior to the end of your 2022 plan year. Below are provisions that you will be able to elect in the plan amendment: Qualified Birth or...
The SECURE Act and Part-Time Employees
The SECURE Act and Part-Time Employees If your plan requires employees to work 1,000 hours in a 12-month period to become eligible, you’ll soon need to start watching hours more closely. Having this 1,000-hour rule generally excludes those employees who work...
401(k) Retirement Plan Audit
401(k) Retirement Plan Audit Why does my 401(k) retirement plan need an audit? The 401(k) plan audit is mandated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and is intended to make sure a plan is being run correctly. The audit seeks to; (1) review 401(k)...
It is Time Again to Rewrite Your Defined Contributions Plans
It's Time Again to Rewrite Your Defined Contribution PlanIRS has recently announced that employers with pre-approved defined contribution plans (401(k), profit sharing and money purchase) will need to have their plan documents rewritten within the next two years. The...
CARES Act – Suspension of Loan Payment Provision
CARES Act - Suspension of Loan Payment Provision If adopted by the plan, this applies to all qualified employees still working as well as qualified furloughed employees and those on a temporary leave of absence. Loan payments due between March 27, 2020 and December...
Internal Revenue Service Provides Temporary Relief and Other Guidance on Mid-Year Reductions of Safe Harbor Contributions to 401(k) Plans due to COVID-19
Internal Revenue Service Provides Temporary Relief and Other Guidance on Mid-Year Reductions of Safe Harbor Contributions to 401(k) Plans due to COVID-19On June 29, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Notice 2020-52 that provides temporarily relief...
New Guidance for the definition of a Qualified Individual
New Guidance for Definition of a Qualified IndividualIf your plan elected any of the CARES Act provisions to allow for coronavirus-related distributions or the expanded loan provisions, there has been a change to who may be considered a “qualified individual”....
Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Law Changes to the SECURE Act and the CARES Act
Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Law Changes to the SECURE Act and the CARES ActThe SECURE Act was recently passed effective 1-1-2020 and, since then, there has been a lot of communication regarding the passage of the CARES Act due to Covid19. Both of these acts...
Impacts of the SECURE Act on Defined Benefit Plans
Impacts of the SECURE Act on Defined Benefit PlansThe market drop of December 2018 seems like ages ago, considering recent market volatility, Coronavirus, and the missing March Madness. However, the December 2018 drop did result in lower AFTAPs for many calendar-year...