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  1. White House Asks Agencies to Delay Publication, Effective Dates of Regulations Pending Review
    From the January 22, 2009 EBIA Weekly
    On Inauguration Day, President Obama’s Chief of Staff issued a memorandum to executive department agencies and heads, advising them of the President’s plan for managing the Federal regulatory process so as to give his appointees and ...
    [Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, 74 Fed. Reg. 4435 (Jan. 26, 2009)]
  2. DOL Finalizes Penalty Procedures for Failures to Provide Automatic Contribution Arrangement Notices
    From the January 08, 2009 EBIA Weekly
    The DOL has finalized the procedures it will use to assess certain civil penalties, including the penalty for failure to provide participants with a notice of their rights and obligations under an automatic contribution arrangement as required by ERISA Section ...
    [Civil Penalties Under ERISA Section 502(c)(4), 29 CFR Part 2560, 74 Fed. Reg. 17 (Jan. 2, 2009)]
  3. Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 Waives RMDs for 2009 and Includes Anticipated PPA Technical Corrections
    From the December 23, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    On December 23, 2008, the President signed into law the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (the Recovery Act). The Recovery Act waives required minimum distributions (RMDs) for 2009 and includes technical corrections to the Pension Protection Act ...
    [Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008, H.R. 7327]
  4. 2008 Cumulative List of Changes in Plan Qualification Requirements for Cycle D Plans
    From the December 04, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    Under its system of cyclical remedial amendment periods, the IRS publishes an annual cumulative list of the statutory, regulatory, and guidance changes that plan sponsors must take into account in their submissions for opinion, advisory, and determination letters of plans ...
    [IRS Notice 2008-108 (Nov. 26, 2008)]
  5. Advance Form 5500 for 2008 Plan Year Has Been Released
    From the December 04, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    The DOL, IRS, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have released advance, informational copies of the Form 5500, Schedules, and Instructions to be used by employee benefits plans reporting on 2008 plan years (generally, those are plan years beginning in 2008 ...
    [Form 5500 (Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan) (2008)]
  6. DOL Issues Field Guidance in FAQ Format on the Bonding Requirement for ERISA Plans
    From the December 04, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    ERISA requires all persons, including fiduciaries, who handle funds or other property of an employee benefit plan to be bonded (unless they are covered by an exemption) to protect ERISA plans against loss due to fraud or dishonesty by plan ...
    [DOL Field Assistance Bulletin 2008-04 (Nov. 25, 2008)]
  7. Advance Form 5500 Released for Reporting on 2008 Plan Year
    From the November 26, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    The DOL, IRS, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have released advance copies of the Form 5500, Schedules, and Instructions to be used by employee benefit plans for reporting on 2008 plan years. We will cover this development in next week&#...
    [Form 5500 (Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan) (2008)]
  8. DOL Issues FAB on ERISA's Bonding Requirement
    From the November 26, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    ERISA requires all persons, including fiduciaries, who handle funds or other property of an employee benefit plan to be bonded (unless they are covered by an exemption). As part of its ongoing compliance program, the DOL has issued a field ...
    [DOL Field Assistance Bulletin 2008-04 (Nov. 25, 2008)]
  9. IRS Permits Governmental Plans One-Time Option to File as Cycle E Filers
    From the November 13, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    The IRS has announced a one-time modification of the staggered remedial amendment program that will permit sponsors of governmental plans to postpone their first determination letter filing until Cycle E. Currently, Revenue Procedure 2007-44 requires governmental plans to ...
    [IRS Newsletter "Employee Plans News" (Special Edition, Nov. 5, 2008)]
  10. IRS Implements Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent (ERPA) Program
    From the October 30, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    An enrolled retirement plan agent (ERPA) is a new classification of individual recognized to practice before the IRS under Circular 230. Practice as an ERPA is limited to representing taxpayers before the IRS on matters involving (1) the Employee Plans ...
    [IRS Newsletter "Employee Plans News" (Fall 2008)]

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