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• 1/27: ERISA Audit Report from Reish & Luftman law firm
• 1/27: ERISA Controversy Report from Reish & Luftman law firm
• 1/26: Q&As for Federal Employees from the Internal Revenue Service, about tax aspects of civilian and military pensions (published on FedWorld BBS January, 1996)

• 1/24: New address for IRS forms and publications
• 1/17: View any particular page in the Federal Register during 1996
• 1/17: View any particular page in the Federal Register during 1995
• 1/16: Text of H.R. 394, amending the tax code to limit the income taxation by states or cities of pensions received by former residents; signed by the President on 1/10/96
• 1/11: Top Ten Ways to Get in Trouble with Your Benefit Plans, by attorney Kathleen M. Meagher of Landels, Ripley & Diamond, LLP
• 1/10: View the full text of the principal Internal Revenue Code sections affecting employee benefit plans. Pull up any particular section with a click of a button!

• 1/10: View table of contents for today's Federal Register (or any date in 1995 or 1996)
• 1/9: Proposed IRS regulations at Sec. 1.411(c)-1: "Allocation of accrued benefits between employer and employee contributions" (defined benefit plans)
• 1/8: Articles by the prominent ERISA law firm of Reish & Luftman
  • 5/95 issue of ERISA Audit Report:
    • Valuation of Plan Assets by Bruce Ashton and Fred Reish
    • DOL Audits by Drew McCorkle
  • 2/95 issue of ERISA Audit Report:
    • Surprising IRS Audit Development for Spousal Consents to Distributions by Fred Reish
    • Actuarial Audit Program: Taxpayers Win Again by Fred Reish, Bruce Ashton and David Levin
    • The Case of the Missing Plan Document by David Levin and Martin Heming
  • 11/95 issue of ERISA Controversy Report:
    • Alert! Department of Labor Begins Notifying Plan Administrators of Late or Unfiled 5500s by David Levin
    • Litigation and the Importance of Being a QDRO by Lynn B. Witte
    • Supreme Court Rulings Today Can Be the Key to Dismissing Lawsuits Filed Against You Yesterday by David Levin
  • 9/95 issue of ERISA Controversy Report:
    • Notice of Freeze Amendments Must Come From the ERISA Plan Administrator by David Levin and Andrew McCorkle
    • Have You Monitored Your Investments Today? by Lynn Witte
  • 3/95 issue of ERISA Controversy Report:
    • Forgetting to Tell the Plan Sponsor That You're the Contract Administrator, Not the Plan Administrator, Can Cost You a Bundle by David Levin and Andrew McCorkle
    • Only a Plan Administrator Can Process the Termination of a Defined Benefit Pension Plan by David Levin and Ann Bertino
• 1/6: Selected laws, by name:
  • Extension of deduction for self-employed individuals
  • Pension Annuitants Protection Act of 1994
  • Retirement Protection Act of 1994
  • Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994
• 1/5: Treasury issues proposed regulations on the effect of the Family and Medical Leave Act on cafeteria plans. Full text, including preamble, from the Federal Register. BenefitsLink provides jumps to all cited IRC sections and DOL regulations!
• 1/4: Treasury issues proposed regulations on taxation of plan loans to participants. Full text, including preamble, from the Federal Register. BenefitsLink provides jumps to all cited IRC sections!
• 1/3: View article by attorney and investment banker Denise Lamaute entitled Avoiding a Tax Bite When Receiving a Pension Distribution
• 1/2: Take a peek at the interesting Savings & Investors League web site.
• 1/2: David Johanson's ESOP Forum addresses significant regulatory, legislative, legal, and practical issues that affect employee-owned companies, with an emphasis on Employee Stock Ownership Plans.
• 1/2: Get the vital information you need about plan sponsors, their plans, their employees, and the firms that serve them, the way you want it. Key facts about your competition, your prospects, and your marketplace, collected from the Form 5500 filing series, delivered by professionals who understand your business! Learn more about Insights, from the benefits information group.

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