View This Newsletter: It’s Testing Season! It’s Testing Season! Qualified plans must perform annual testing to be sure that the plan doesn’t unfairly discriminate in favor of “highly compensated employees” (HCEs) or exceed the contribution limits set forth by the IRS.…
View This Newsletter: Hardships Get a Little Easier Hardships Get a Little Easier Earlier this year, the bipartisan budget act of 2018 was passed by congress and signed into law. While this law made several changes that impact retirement plans, one…
View This Newsletter: The Retirement Income Gap and Helpful Hints for Plan Sponsors The Retirement Income Gap Many American workers participate in company retirement plans, methodically contributing to their accounts over time to fund for life after work. Beyond benefiting from…
View This Newsletter: Who Is An Employee and HSA vs 401k Who Is An Employee? Maintaining a retirement plan for your employees is no easy task. At various points during the year, employers and HR departments field participant questions, help with enrollments,…
View This Newsletter: End of the Year Checklist End of the Year Checklist As the year-end approaches, our to-do lists can be lengthy. There are holidays to prepare for, employee performance reviews to complete, and, oh, wait, there is also the…
View This Newsletter: Fiduciary Issues and Hurricane Relief Fiduciary Rule Round Up There has been much upheaval in the retirement world as of late and it centers around the new fiduciary rule. The New Fiduciary Rule means that many investment professionals…
View This Newsletter: Retirement Plan Rx Overview: The latest news regarding retirement plans has centered around service provider fees. While fees are a highly important aspect of managing an employer-sponsored retirement plan, they are not the only metric of your overall…
View This Newsletter: Benefit Communications in an Electronic World Overview: With communication mediums like email, text, and IM’s becoming the standard in business industries worldwide, plan sponsors are becoming increasingly interested in abandoning paper processes for a more electronic means…
View This Newsletter: Dealing with Uncashed Distribution Checks and Missing Participants Overview: It is estimated that uncashed checks account for billions of dollars, representing a fortune of uncollected funds belonging to plan participants or beneficiaries that they are not able to…
View This Newsletter: Rules and Taxation of 401(k) Plan Distributions Overview: A 401(k) plan permits employees to defer a portion of their salaries on a pre-tax basis with the objective of accumulating assets for retirement. Additional assets are accumulated if…
