401(k) Plans and COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions About Plan Distributions As businesses have employee furloughs or terminations or as employees incur medical expenses from contracting COVID-19 there are likely to be requests by participant for access to their account balances. Here are the common requests we...
401(k) Plans and COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions About Employer Contributions Many businesses are facing economic uncertainty because of COVID-19. These uncertain times may be causing furloughs of employees or even terminations. If your business is facing a loss of cash flow you may feel the need...
Breaking News: As of 3/17/2020 Government extends April 15 tax deadline by 90 days. Stay tuned for any more changes brought about by COVID-19 to tax law. Your administrators will reach out if anything needs to be brought to your attention....
We’ve just started our request of year end census information from each of our clients. We do this each year to enable us to run necessary non-discrimination testing. If the plan doesn’t pass these tests we need to take corrective action quickly. In testing we...
The SECURE Act (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Act of 2019) has made it less expensive for a small business to establish and administer a new plan. Effective January 1, 2020 (so for any plan that is established in 2020 and beyond) the tax...
Did you know? According to the IRS: You may be able to claim a tax credit for some of the ordinary and necessary costs of starting a SEP, SIMPLE IRA or qualified plan. A tax credit reduces the amount of taxes you may owe on a...
The IRS has identified 11 common retirement plan "failures" through audits, voluntary compliance submissions (such as VCP or VFC), determination letter applications and annual Form 5500 filings. These avoidable "failures" can be extremely costly to the plan sponsor if caught by the IRS before a...
After eight years of offering automatic enrollment to its clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch notes that: Of employees who were placed into their employer’s plan via automatic enrollment, only 3.4% opted out in 2014. Fewer employees opt out of participating in their 401(k) plan...
Are you a financial advisor in the Southeastern Pennsylvania or Philadelphia area? Then we know you can be very busy. But more importantly, we know your clients are busy! They do not have time to submit their payroll to their 401k company. Let Atlantic Pension...
Here is a friendly reminder that the Safe Harbor deadline for fiscal year plans always approaches faster than anyone wants it to. October 1st is the magic date for having a plan with a safe harbor provision. This allows for the required time for employee...