He explains that both the DOL and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have heightened their interests in retirement plans covered by the ERISA. The author reveals that the retirement plans in focus are the ones maintained by tax-exempt not-for-profit, government, and other tax-exempt employers....
Summary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) [Excerpt] The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) provides a comprehensive federal scheme for the regulation of employee pension and welfare benefit plans offered by employers. ERISA contains various provisions intend.....
(b)plans)thataresubjecttoERISA.Thisruledoesnotapplytogovernmentalplans,churchplansthatdonotelecttobecoveredbyERISA(“nonelectingchurchplans”),ornon-ERISA403(b)plans.BackgroundandsummaryUnderERISA,planfiduciariesarerequiredtoactprudentlyandsolelyintheinterestofparticipantsandbeneficiaries.Inplanswhereparticipants...
Federal case law has provided plan sponsors of theEmployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)covered plans with the ability to insert plan prov... Kennedy,Kathryn,J. - 《Marquette Benefits & Social Welfare Law Review》 被引量: 0发表: 2016年 System and method for managing voluntary...
Commonly Controlled Entityan entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code. ...
Qualified retirement plans, such as the 401(k) savings plan, are "qualified" for special tax treatment. They are by definition offered only by employers and meet the requirements of ERISA.3 An IRA is not considered qualified, although it includes tax breaks, because it is provided by financia...
Most employer-sponsored pension plans arequalified, meaning they meetInternal Revenue Code401(a) and ERISA requirements.1314That gives them theirtax-advantagedstatus for both employers and employees. Contributions that employees make to the plan come off of the top of their paychecks—that is, they...
Department of Labor (DOL), completed its fourth assessment of the quality of audit work performed by independent qualified public accountants (IQPAs) with respect to financial statement audits of employee benefit plans covered under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The ...
All things being equal, a few guidelines for association plans are checked on by the Department of Labor. Since AHPs are supported by employers, they are viewed as Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) under a more seasoned government regulation known as ERISA. Other AHP rules might fal...
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