When a business is acquired or sold, the employer’s business structure may change (e.g., a sole proprietorship may become a corporation); the employer may join or leave a controlled or affiliated service group; or the employer may change for one or more individuals. Such business transactions could affect many aspects of the business’s qualified retirement plan.
Read MoreOne unique feature to a Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA) is the requirement that the account terminates when the designated beneficiary reaches age 30. If you don’t stay on top of these accounts, you risk not reporting them correctly to the IRS and possibly losing contact with the designated beneficiary.
Read MorePlan sponsors may generally correct eligible inadvertent failures under the EPCR’s Self-Correction Program. Exceptions to this rule include failures in which the plan or plan sponsor is under examination by the IRS or for failures that have been identified by the plan or plan sponsor but have not been corrected within a reasonable period of time after identification.
Read MoreIt's a brand-new year filled with fresh reporting deadlines, and perhaps a good time to take note on whether your financial organization is on track to meet these obligations—or to refresh your memory on when specific deadlines occur. First quarter is always a busy reporting season.
Read MoreJanuary is rapidly approaching and with it comes the deadline for fair market value (FMV) statements. One of the most challenging IRA reporting requirements is FMV statement reporting for the IRA owner’s year of death.
Read MoreEmployers sometimes ask if they can reward their more tenured employees by providing them with a more generous matching formula than their less tenured counterparts.
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