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Washington Update: How Will Recent Legislation Affect Your Clients?
September 13, 2016 in CA
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Solutions For You to Comply with the DOL Fiduciary Rules
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[Official Guidance]

Text of IRS FAQs Relating to Waivers of the 60-Day Rollover Requirement
Updated Aug. 24, 2016, to reflect Rev. Proc. 2016-47. "Assuming other requirements are satisfied, you have 60 days from the date you receive a distribution from an IRA or retirement plan to roll it over to another plan or IRA.... The IRS may waive the 60-day rollover requirement in certain situations if you missed the deadline because of circumstances beyond your control. These frequently asked questions address when the 60-day rollover requirement may be waived."
Internal Revenue Service [IRS]

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[Official Guidance]

Text of IRS Form 8717: User Fee for Employee Plan Determination Letter Request, September 2016 (PDF)
"Specific user fee amounts are no longer listed on Form 8717. You must now enter the appropriate user fee when completing line 5."
Internal Revenue Service [IRS]

[Official Guidance]

Text of IRS Form 8717-A: User Fee for Employee Plan Opinion or Advisory Letter Request, September 2016 (PDF)
"Specific user fee amounts are no longer listed on Form 8717-A. You must now enter the appropriate user fee when completing line 5."
Internal Revenue Service [IRS]

[Guidance Overview]

Accepting Late Rollover Contributions
"Plans and IRA trustees can rely on the self-certification only for the purpose of accepting a rollover that doesn't meet the 60-day requirement and not as to whether the contribution satisfies other requirements for a valid rollover. Plans and IRA trustees may also provide the Model Letter to their clients seeking to self-certify a late rollover."
Internal Revenue Service [IRS]

[Guidance Overview]

Simplified Process for Obtaining a Waiver of the 60-Day Rollover Limitation (PDF)
"The IRS intends to change the instructions for IRS Form 5498, IRA Contribution Information, to require financial organizations to report a rollover contribution accepted after the 60-day deadline. Individuals using the certification process can report the rollover as a valid rollover unless later informed otherwise by the IRS."
Ascensus

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[Guidance Overview]

SEP Plan Fix-It Guide
Updated Aug. 26, 2016. Chart includes tips on how to find, fix, and avoid common mistakes.
Internal Revenue Service [IRS]

Multiemployer Pension Plans: Solving the Anticipated Insolvency of PBGC Program -- A Bipartisan Endeavor (PDF)
"[R]eading the CBO and PBGC reports may cause many to lose confidence and reinforce beliefs that efforts to improve the financial condition of the PBGC's multiemployer plan insurance program will be anything but successful. Notwithstanding, employers and plan sponsors with multiemployer plans may want to get a better understanding of the gravity of the situation, as well as potential fixes that would impact them if implemented."
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[Opinion]

The Trillion Dollar State Pension Fund Gap?
"[S]witching to a DC pension plan won't stop the pension Titanic from sinking, it will only accelerate widespread pension poverty and increase social welfare costs (and the national debt).... [A recent report from Pew Charitable Trusts] gives us a snapshot of state pension funding gaps using the net amortization measure (and even that is deficient because they use their own assumed discount rates), but if offers little in terms of insights and policies that will improve retirement security in the United States."
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[Opinion]

A Longevity Insurance Benefit for Social Security: An Innovation from the Past
"A longevity insurance benefit as part of Social Security would be particularly desirable as part of a reform package to restore solvency if the package also included a reduction of benefits, such as raising the Normal Retirement Age. The longevity insurance benefit would reduce or eliminate the adverse effects of such a cut on the most vulnerable age group. A simple form of such a benefit would be to exempt persons age 82 and older from any benefit cuts."
National Academy of Social Insurance [NASI]

Harold Ashner and Linda Rosenzweig Named to the 2016 Washington, DC, Super Lawyers List
Keightley & Ashner LLP

Harold Ashner Named Recipient of the Corporate LiveWire Global Award 2016 in Employee Benefits for Washington, DC
Keightley & Ashner LLP

Harold Ashner Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2017 list in the field of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
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