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Employee Benefit Plan and IRA Quick Reference Table
The Internal Revenue Service has announced the cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for various qualified retirement plans and other ...
Related Parties and Parties-In-Interest: A Guide for Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors
Every year during your annual audit, your auditor asks you to identify any related parties and parties-in-interest. This article describes ...
SECURE 2.0 Act: An Attractive Benefit for Helping Employees with Student Loan Debt
A new provision of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 offers employers an attractive benefit and employees of these organizations ...
A Plan Sponsor’s Guide to Reviewing Service Provider Agreements
Employee benefit plans play a significant role in attracting and retaining top talent in organizations. To ensure the smooth and ...
Key Topics for Plan Oversight Meetings
Plan Administrators have the important fiduciary duty of conducting and documenting timely, periodic meetings to oversee the Plan. As part ...
Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing and 401(k) Plans
What is Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing? ESG investing refers to a set of standards for a company’s behavior ...
3 Common Audit Findings and How to Avoid Them
Another audit season for employee benefit plans has come to a close. To provide some insight on potential issues that ...
3 Common Audit Errors: How to Catch Them Ahead of Time
Employee Benefit Plans (EBPs), are highly regulated by both the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ...
Should 401(k) Plan Administrators Allow Virtual Currency Options?
With the increase in attention that virtual currencies have received over the past few years, many wonder if that means ...
ERISA Section 103(a)(3)(C) Audit
The new audit standard, Statement on Auditing Standards No. 136, is now effective for calendar year-end employee benefit plans subject ...
