The recent pandemic has caused changes to our lives in multiple ways, some only for the short term hopefully, but surely some aspects of our lives will change for the long term. For instance, in the short term, grocery shopping has become a major inconvenience, and for some, it is a minor inconvenience not knowing when your next haircut is going to be. In the long term, employment patterns will be altered greatly as social distancing and work from home might become the ... Keep Reading »
Retirement and Health Plan Cost Reductions During a Financial Downturn or Recession
Whether the economy is in a financial downturn or your particular organization is hitting a rough patch, at some point you will consider reducing costs. Welfare and retirement benefit expenses generally follow employee compensation, property and infrastructure, and the cost of goods for sale, in terms of significance. The following are some considerations to help you reduce employee benefit costs. Prioritize Your Benefit Structure In general, you want to target benefit ... Keep Reading »
Using Nonqualified Plans to Reduce 401(k)/403(b) Costs
This article focuses on 401(k) and 403(b) plans that are in one of the following situations: The plan failed ADP or ACP testing and must distribute excess amounts to its higher-ranking employees or make additional contributions to its rank-and-file employees. Higher-ranking employees are limiting their salary deferrals in order to avoid triggering top-heavy minimum contribution requirements. The plan must make employee contributions due to its top-heavy status ... Keep Reading »
Four Noteworthy Highlights on the Taxation of Fringe Benefits
This article should interest employers that offer fringe benefits to employees in addition to regular pay. An updated IRS publication outlining how employers should tax certain fringe benefits (IRS Publication 15-B) was released on December 26, 2019. Normally, the changes to Publication 15-B consist of little more than updates to certain statutory limits, like the mileage reimbursement rate, but we noticed several changes that could affect a lot of employers. Following ... Keep Reading »
Prudent Process Defeats DOL
A recently released case highlights the protection afforded by a retirement plan committee that takes its role seriously. In Scalia v. WPN Corp., No. 2:14-cv-01494, 2019 WL 4748052 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 30, 2019)), a Pennsylvania federal court ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor was wrong in its insistence that retirement committee members were liable under ERISA for failing to monitor the committee’s investment manager. Key Facts The retirement plan committee met ... Keep Reading »
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