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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Ret plans - audits by gov't agencies Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines IRS Page on Correcting Plan Errors: VCP Submission Kits for Pre-Approved Plans [Official Guidance] Did Your DB Plan Miss the April 30, 2012 EGTRRA Amendment Deadline? IRS Web Site Describes Correction Needed DOL Ramps Up 401(k) Plan Provider Examinations [Official Guidance] Using the IRS' Voluntary Correction Program to Correct Errors Discovered During a Determination Letter Application Advisers Recommend Review of Non-Profit Employers' 403(b) Programs Before IRS Auditor Comes to Call Before Making that 2011 IRA Contribution, Make Sure Your Pension Plan Assets Are Safe IRS Handout for Upcoming Phone Forum on the EP Determination Letter Program Update, March 30, 2012 (PDF) Using the IRS Interim 403(b) Document Audit Relief Is the Recession Causing Small Retirement Plans to Skimp on Compliance Efforts? [Official Guidance] IRS Employee Plans News, March 20, 2012 (PDF) [Guidance Overview] IRS's Minor Changes to the Determination Letter Process for 2012 (PDF) GAO Report on Private Pensions: Better Agency Coordination Could Help Small Employers Address Challenges to Plan Sponsorship [Guidance Overview] Revised IRS Procedures for Determination Letters IRS Phone Forum Handout for 401(k) Questionnaire Interim Report Presentation on March 6, 2012 (PDF) [Guidance Overview] New Determination Letter Guidelines for Qualified Retirement Plans Avoiding a DOL Audit of an Employee Benefit Plan Annual Report Recent DOL Initiatives: Questions Answered IRS Free Phone Forum on EP Determination Letter Program Update Scheduled for March 30, 2012 Ensure your Plan Participants are Prepared for a Secure Retirement Avoid the Common Mistakes Affecting Plan Loans Webcast Handout for IRS 401(k) Questionnaire Interim Report Presentation for March 6, 2012, Phone Forum (PDF) [Guidance Overview] The Determination Letter Application Process (PDF) [Official Guidance] Transcript of Phone Forum On Self Correction Program and Closing Agreement Program, November 30, 2011 (PDF) [Official Guidance] IRS Retirement News for Employers, Winter 2012 Edition, February 13, 2012 (PDF) [Guidance Overview] IRS Tips on Requesting Copies of Original or Corrected Determination Letters [Guidance Overview] IRS Begins Auditing 403(b) Plans and Provides Interim Procedure for Correcting Plan Document Failures [Guidance Overview] User Fees for Employee Plan Determination Letters Stable in 2012 [Guidance Overview] Numerous Changes Have Been Made to and by Determination Letter Procedures [Opinion] NTSAA and ASPPA Letter on the Inclusion of 403(b) Plans in the Prototype Program [Guidance Overview] The IRS Updated Filing Process for Qualified Plans (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Changes and Clarifications to the Determination Letter Program [Guidance Overview] IRS Reduces Program for Requesting Tax Status Determination Letters Preparing for Your First 401k Plan Audit (PDF) [Guidance Overview] New Procedures for Filing Determination Letter Applications [Guidance Overview] Three Tips for Cycle A Determination Letter Filers [Guidance Overview] IRS Announcements Provide Desired Extension and Significant Changes to Determination Letter Program [Guidance Overview] IRS 2011 Cumulative List Contains Requirements for Cycle B Individually Designed Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Plans [Guidance Overview] IRS Determination Letter Program Will Change in 2012 [Guidance Overview] IRS Announces Changes to Determination Letter Program for 2012 [Guidance Overview] IRS Announcement 2011-82 Outlines Changes to Employee Plans Determination Letter Program IRS Employee Plans News, December 20, 2011 (PDF) [Guidance Overview] New Determination Letter Procedures IRS Determination Letters Will No Longer Consider Coverage, Nondiscrimination Testing [Official Guidance] IRS Employee Plans News, December 16, 2011 (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Required 2011 Qualified Retirement Plan Amendments and Cycle A Determination Letter Filing Deadline [Guidance Overview] Cycle A Filers May Use Prior Version of Form 5300, IRS Advises Diligent Plan Sponsors Would Want to Be Prepared for an Audit What to Expect When Your Retirement Plan is Audited IRS Employee Plans Office Facing Challenges to Improve Processing of ESOP Applications, IRS Official Says Employers Must Understand the Status of Their Retirement Plan Documents IRS's EP Function Should Continue Efforts to Gather Needed Retirement Plan Information [Guidance Overview] FOIA Request to IRS for Information on Pension Plan's Participation in Voluntary Compliance Program Denied [Guidance Overview] FOIA Request to IRS for Information on Pension Plan's Participation in Voluntary Compliance Program Denied Partial Plan Termination Determination Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. 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