Federal Regulation
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IRS To Let Employers Speed Up HSA Contributions
By Staff WriterHealth savings account plan sponsors may be able to accelerate payments to help employees who face big medical bills early in the year.The Internal Revenue ...
June 01, 2007
IRS Publishes Substitute Pension Mortality Table DetailsThe Internal Revenue Service has come out with an explanation of how large employers can develop their own plan-specific mortality tables.The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. ...
June 01, 2007
IRS Answers Modified Endowment Contract QuestionFederal officials have issued guidance that may be of interest to financial advisors in the executive benefits market.The Internal Revenue Service has answered a question ...
June 01, 2007
IRS Answers Modified Endowment Contract QuestionFederal officials have issued guidance that may be of interest to financial advisors in the executive benefits market.The Internal Revenue Service has answered a question ...
June 01, 2007
SEC Furthers Tool for Investors, While Frank Plans HearingsSEC Chairman Christopher Cox told the mutual fund industry at the Investment Company Institute annual meeting in May that the Commission is working on an...
June 01, 2007
SEC Won't Appeal Court RulingThe Securities and Exchange Commission has decided not to appeal the March 30 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which...
June 01, 2007
FPA Wins Appeal on Merrill/BD Rule; SEC ConcedesA federal court of appeals has ruled in favor of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) in its case against the Securities and Exchange Commission over...
May 29, 2007
IRS Proposes 2008 Pension Mortality TablesThe Internal Revenue Service is trying to give pension plan administrators and others the figures they need to calculate defined benefit plan present values and ...