Showing 6 posts in Employee Benefits.
IRS Makes it Easier to Correct Certain Retirement Plan Compliance Issues
On July 16, 2021, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2021-30, an updated version of the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”). Retirement plan sponsors may use EPCRS to correct certain compliance mistakes, and avoid the adverse tax consequences associated with plan disqualification.
We have provided a summary of the changes below. Read More ›
Categories: Employee Benefits, Retirement
Share
Department of Labor Releases Employee Benefits and Cybersecurity Best Practices
On April 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL’s”) Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) issued its first cybersecurity best practices guidance for retirement plans. The EBSA guidance has been highly anticipated as the frequency and cost of data breaches affecting employee benefit plans continues to rise. The EBSA guidance focuses on actions that plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, record-keepers, and plan participants can take. Read More ›
Categories: Cybersecurity, Department of Labor, Employee Benefits
2021 Arrives with Additional Flexibility for Flexible Spending Accounts
During 2020, a number of newly enacted laws created flexibility for various employee benefit plans. Please see Foster Swift’s publications on this topic here. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “Act”), which was signed into law on December 27, 2020, provides additional flexibility for Health Flexible Spending Accounts (“Health FSAs”) and Dependent Care Assistance Plans (“DCAPs”), specifically. Read More ›
Categories: Employee Benefits
New Safe Harbor Announced for Electronic Disclosures Required by ERISA
For more articles from the June 2020 Issue of Business & Tax Law News, click here.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and its applicable regulations require a plan administrator to provide a number of notices to plan participants. For example, an ERISA plan administrator must provide to all plan participants a Summary Plan Description (“SPD”) that provides an overview of plan terms. Additionally, a plan administrator must provide a Summary of Material Modifications (“SMM”) to plan participants every time it makes certain changes to the plan. Read More ›
Categories: Electronic Health Records, Employee Benefits
Fiduciary Rule: More Changes Being Considered
The United States Department of Labor (the "DOL") published a request for comment in the Federal Register on July 6 with respect to its often discussed fiduciary rule (the "Fiduciary Rule"). This time, the DOL hopes to clarify uncertainty moving forward, as the Fiduciary Rule and its related prohibited transaction exemptions (the "PTEs") became partially effective on June 9, 2017, and will be fully implemented on January 1, 2018. However, recent events have brought the wisdom of a January 1, 2018 applicability date into question. Read More ›
Categories: Employee Benefits, News, Regulations, Tax
Benefit Plans Established by Church Affiliates Are Exempt From ERISA
On June 5, 2017, the United States Supreme Court held that employee benefit plans established by church-affiliated organizations are church plans pursuant to the church plan exemption under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Read More ›
Categories
- Electronic Health Records
- News
- Hospice
- Trademarks
- Contracts
- Retirement
- Cybersecurity
- Fraud & Abuse
- Crowdfunding
- Patents
- Employment
- IT Contracts
- Criminal
- Hospitals
- Cloud Computing
- Venture Capital/Funding
- E-Commerce
- Entity Planning
- Tax
- Billing/Payment
- Financing
- Tax-Exempt Organizations
- Compliance
- Chapter 11
- Radio Broadcasts
- Licensing
- Intellectual Property
- Startup
- Insurance
- Nonprofit
- Sales Tax
- HIPAA
- Copyright
- Liability
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Employee Benefits
- Entity Selection, Organization & Planning
- Technology
- Did you Know?
- Alerts and Updates
- Digital Assets
- Tax Disputes
- Department of Labor
- Inspirational
- Domain Name Registration
- Personal Publicity Rights
- Social Media
- Regulations
- Privacy
- Trade Secrets
- Lawsuit