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AccountingWEB.com
Apr. 27, 2017
"The [DOL's] chief accountant had asked the [AICPA Audit Standards Board] to review the auditor reporting model for ERISA plan audits and provide improved public insight about the scope of responsibilities for management and the auditor. That review also was to include when management limits the audit scope, which is permitted by the DOL's ERISA regulations. DOL recommendations were considered as the proposed standard was developed."
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AccountingWEB.com
Jan. 25, 2016
"[T]he larger the assets, the more employers are concerned about meeting fiduciary obligations. In the $25 million to $75 million asset category, 83 percent were a great deal or somewhat concerned; 63 percent were concerned in the $1 million to $25 million categories; and 54 percent in plans with less than $5 million in assets were concerned."
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AccountingWEB.com
Jan. 22, 2016
"Given the current corporate income tax rate of 35 percent, making the Cadillac tax deductible effectively changes it from a 40 percent excise tax to a 26 percent excise tax for those businesses that pay corporate income taxes.... [R]ules on the age and gender adjustment will likely not come until after the comptroller general and the NAIC report their findings to the Senate Finance Committee."
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AccountingWEB.com
July 23, 2012
"While small business owners typically use defined-contribution plans with an elective deferral feature to provide retirement benefits to employees, defined-benefit plans may be ideal for small-business owners over 50 who are interested in saving a substantial amount of money for retirement in a short time period."
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AccountingWEB.com
Feb. 14, 2012
The proposed rulings give clarification on the rules that apply when employees are given the option to use a single-sum 401(k) payout to obtain a low-cost annuity from their employer's defined benefit pension plan. A second ruling clarifies that employers can offer their employees the option to use 401(k) savings to purchase deferred annuities and still satisfy spousal protection rules with minimal administrative burdens.
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AccountingWEB.com
Nov. 9, 2011
SSA is also increasing the thresholds for the so-called 'earnings test' in 2012. If a retiree continues to work while receiving Social Security benefits, he or she must forfeit a portion of those benefits for earnings above a specified threshold. The earnings limits are subject to COLAs. For retirees who haven't reached full retirement age, $1 of benefits will be forfeited for every $2 in earnings above $14,640 received in 2012 ($1,220 a month).
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AccountingWEB.com
Jan. 7, 2011
Excerpt: For tax and financial advisors of donors 70-1/2 or older, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 signed in December allows donors to tap their Individual Retirement Account to make qualified charitable distributions through January 31, 2011.
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AccountingWEB.com
Sept. 10, 2010
Excerpt: While 88 percent of the respondents provide the required investment/retirement education associated with retirement plans, only 28 percent provide basic workplace financial education, defined as including budgeting, debt reduction and credit management.
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AccountingWEB.com
Sept. 9, 2010
Excerpt: Workers on average are paying nearly $4,000 this year toward the cost of family health coverage - an increase of 14 percent, or $482, above what they paid last year, according to the benchmark 2010 Employer Health Benefits Survey[.]
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AccountingWEB.com
Aug. 3, 2010
Excerpt: Beginning July 16, 2011, service providers that are paid $1,000 or more from a retirement account must document the direct and indirect compensation they receive in connection with the services they provide.
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