Safeguard against plan disqualification under new IRS policy

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The new policy of the Internal Revenue Service that protects employee benefit plan sponsors from disqualification for simple operational or administrative mistakes is a favorable development. The policy, otherwise known as 'administrative policy regarding sanctions,' now safeguards plans that had accidental errors, innocent misstatements or omission of facts and defective but unimplemented provisions. Likewise protected are those plans that had failed to adjust promptly to changes in tax regulations.

Finance, taxation, & monetary policy

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IRS issues additional guidance on qualified plan correction methods

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It is critical for employers to prevent their salary reduction savings plans, be they retirement or 401(k) plans, from disqualification and to prevent their plan sponsors from incurring monetary penalties for inadvertent errors in plan administration or failure of the plan document to comply with existing laws or actual plan administration. The IRS has fortunately issued several corrective schemes to help plan sponsors avoid disqualification and monetary sanctions.

Employee Benefits & Services, Management, Human resource management, Salary reduction savings plans, 401K plans

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IRS multiemployer plan examination program

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The Multiemployer Plan Examination Program was developed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to allow IRS auditors to evaluate multiemployer plans and identify defects in the administration of said plans. The IRS has issued the Multiemployer Examination Handbook to be used exclusively for this purpose. Monetary penalties shall be imposed upon employers who are implementing defective retirement programs.

Evaluation, Retirement planning

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