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  1. Civil Penalties Regulation Amended to Include Penalties for Failure to Provide Employer Stock Diversification Notice
    From the August 16, 2007 EBIA Weekly
    The DOL has amended the civil penalties regulation under ERISA Section 502(c)(7) to include penalties for a failure to provide the participant notice of diversification rights required by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA). As background, the ...
    [DOL Reg. Sec. 2560.502c-7, 72 Fed. Reg. 44970 (Aug. 10, 2007); Proposed Rule, 72 Fed. Reg. 44991 (Aug. 10, 2007)]
  2. IRS and Treasury Officials Provide Informal Views on VCP Submissions, Hardship Distributions, Deduction Rules, and Other Issues
    From the August 09, 2007 EBIA Weekly
    The Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) of the American Bar Association has posted a report on the May 2007 question-and-answer (Q/A) session between JCEB representatives and officials from the IRS and Treasury Department. Most of the ...
    [ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Meeting With IRS and Treasury Officials (May 2007)]
  3. IRS Rules That 20% Turnover Rate Creates Presumption of Partial Termination
    From the July 12, 2007 EBIA Weekly
    In this revenue ruling, the IRS determined that there was a partial plan termination of a defined contribution plan when 23% of the plan’s participants who had been active employees experienced a severance from employment due to a ...
    [Rev. Rul. 2007-43 (June 27, 2007)]
  4. IRS Eliminates Schedule P and Clarifies That Filing Form 5500 Starts the Running of the Statute of Limitations Period
    From the July 05, 2007 EBIA Weekly
    In 2006, the DOL issued final regulations requiring all Form 5500s to be filed electronically for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2008 (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/401k/Statutes/18639 (Premium Access subscription ...
    [IRS Announcement 2007-63 (June 30, 2007)]
  5. IRS Supplements EPCRS Streamlined Submission Procedure and Describes Consequences for Late Pre-Approved Plan Submissions
    From the July 05, 2007 EBIA Weekly
    The IRS has supplemented the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) streamlined submission procedure for a failure to adopt certain amendments in a timely manner and also has described the consequences of late submissions for opinion or advisory letters for ...
    [Rev. Proc. 2007-49 (July 4, 2007)]
  6. IRS Issues Final Regulations Allowing Governmental Units to Serve as Non-Bank Trustees of Deemed IRAs
    From the June 21, 2007 EBIA Weekly
    Since 2003, qualified employer plans (such as 401(a) plans (including 401(k) plans), 403(a), 403(b), or governmental 457(b) plans) may permit participants to make voluntary employee contributions to a separate account or annuity that meets the ...
    [Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.408-2(e)(8), 72 Fed. Reg. 33387 (June 18, 2007)]
  7. IRS Updates System of Cyclical Remedial Amendment Periods for Qualified Retirement Plans
    From the June 14, 2007 EBIA Weekly
    In 2005, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2005-66, which established a system of cyclical remedial amendment periods for individually designed and pre-approved (i.e., master and prototype (M&P) and volume submitter) qualified retirement plans (see our ...
    [Rev. Proc. 2007-44 (June 13, 2007)]
  8. Safe Harbor Plans Can Be Amended Mid-Year to Add Roth or Hardship Provisions
    From the May 31, 2007 EBIA Weekly
    In this announcement, the IRS addresses whether safe harbor plans under Code Section 401(k)(12) can be amended mid-year to implement a qualified Roth contribution program under Code Section 402A (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/...
    [IRS Announcement 2007-59 (May 31, 2007)]
  9. Code Provision Requiring IRS User Fees Made Permanent
    From the May 31, 2007 EBIA Weekly
    On May 25, 2007, President Bush signed legislation that included making permanent the IRS user fee provisions in Code Section 7528 (which were set to expire on September 30, 2014). Code Section 7528 requires the IRS to charge a user ...
    [U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, Pub. L. No. 110-28 (May 25, 2007)]
  10. Final Regulations Address Distribution, Taxation, Rollover, and Recordkeeping of Designated Roth Contributions
    From the May 03, 2007 EBIA Weekly
    The IRS has issued final regulations under Code Section 402A that address the distribution, taxation, rollover, and recordkeeping of designated Roth contributions under 401(k) and 403(b) plans. These final regulations also make conforming amendments to regulations for implementing ...
    [Treas. Reg. Secs. 1.401(k)-1, 1.402(g)-1, 1.402A-1, 1.402A-2, and 1.408A-10, 72 Fed. Reg. 21103 (Apr. 30, 2007)]

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