Federal Regulation
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IRS Extends 409A Compliance Deadline
By Staff WriterThe Internal Revenue Service has pushed back the date when employers must comply with the new Section 409A deferred compensation plan regulations.The IRS will be ...
October 21, 2007
Groups Hope For One-Year Extension Of Effective Date On 409A RulesLife insurance groups, as well as the legal community, remain hopeful that the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service will issue a full, one-year extension ...
October 21, 2007
Treasury Asks For Comments On Regulation of InsuranceThe Bush administration is looking into the idea that the federal government should participate in regulation of the insurance industry.The Internal Revenue Service and its ...
October 17, 2007
IRS Warns Against Aggressive Use Of Welfare Benefit FundsThe Internal Revenue Service says it will be challenging efforts by wealthy individuals to use small welfare benefit funds to reduce their taxes.The IRS today ...
October 16, 2007
Feds Post Voluntary Plan RegulationsThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management has released an interim rule explaining the terms of the new Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program.The OPM ...
October 11, 2007
Help in Times of CrisisEmergency planning for broker/dealers may get a bit easier with the Small Firm Emergency Partner Program announced October 11 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). The program encourages small firms to select a partner that's located far away and who clears through the same clearing firm, and agree to...
October 10, 2007
Agencies Release Plan Tax FormThe federal government has posted an informational copy of the 2007 Form 5500 Annual Return on the Web.Benefit plan sponsors must file the form to ...
October 07, 2007
PBR Reinsurance Proposal Would End Regulations' StricturesCeding companies and reinsurers could be freed from the strictures of current regulations if a new principles-based reserving system is put in place, according to ...