Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation issues new proposed regulations on reportable events *

USA - May 1 2013
Last month, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) issued new proposed regulations on reportable events under ERISA (the 2013 Proposal) that…

Co-authors: James P. McElligott Jr., Robert M. Cipolla.

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PBGC extends interim guidance on reportable event requirements *

USA - February 26 2013
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) recently issued Technical Update 13-1 (the Update) that extends interim guidance for plan years…

Co-authors: James P. McElligott Jr., Robert M. Cipolla.

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Defined benefit plan sponsors in bankruptcy have new flexibility to modify plan distributions *

USA - February 6 2013
Tax-qualification requirements generally prohibit plan sponsors from eliminating optional methods of distribution under a retirement plan. This…

Co-authors: Jeffrey R. Capwell.

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Proposed regulations define essential health benefits and actuarial value under Affordable Care Act *

USA - January 31 2013
This is the 28th in a series of WorkCite articles concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its companion statute, the Health…

Co-authors: Felicia L. Mitchell, Carolyn M. Trenda.

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IRS announces procedures relating to retroactive increase in 2012 transit benefits *

USA - January 18 2013
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the Act) retroactively increased the 2012 monthly exclusion for employer-provided mass-transit and vanpool…

Co-authors: Jessica S. Sackin .

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