Establishing Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans: Complicated Rules and Challenges for Employers and Plan Participants
IRS Determination Process; Minimum Standards; Plan Types and Formulas; Benefit Accrual, Nondiscrimination, and Funding Rules
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE/CPE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE/CPE course will guide employee benefits counsel and tax advisers, analyze critical issues in establishing tax-qualified retirement plans, and offer methods to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Outline
- Qualified Retirement Plans – The Basics
- Establishing a Plan
- The Basic Standards
- Plan Design Considerations
- Secure Act 2.0 Highlights
- Fiduciary Duties - The Prudence Standard
- Plan Administration Issues
- Investment Issues
- Correction Programs
- DOL Audit Initiatives
Benefits
The panel will discuss these and other key issues:
- Critical considerations in establishing a tax-qualified retirement plan
- Minimum standards and other requirements under the IRC and ERISA
- Navigating contribution rules, nondiscrimination requirements, fiduciary issues, and other vital issues
- Processes for ensuring tax-qualified status for retirement plans
Faculty
Peter Daines
Attorney
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Mr. Daines focuses his practice in the area of employee benefits, including executive compensation, health and welfare... | Read More
Mr. Daines focuses his practice in the area of employee benefits, including executive compensation, health and welfare plans, fiduciary duties, and ERISA litigation. He advises employers on all legal issues regarding their employee benefit plans including 401(k) plans, pension plans, nonqualified plans, and health and welfare plans. Mr. Daines reviews employee benefit-related documents for potential liabilities during due diligence for merger and acquisition transactions and helps employers craft, maintain, and terminate benefit plans, service provider contracts, business associate agreements, and other documents in compliance with constantly evolving laws and changing business climates.
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Mark L. Mathis
Partner
FisherBroyles
Mr. Mathis is a partner in FisherBroyles’ Employee Benefits practice. He assists clients with a broad array of... | Read More
Mr. Mathis is a partner in FisherBroyles’ Employee Benefits practice. He assists clients with a broad array of employee benefits issues that employers face in connection with the establishment, on-going administration, redesign, and termination of tax-qualified retirement plans such as traditional and cash balance and other hybrid-defined benefits plans, defined contribution plans like a 401(k) plan, welfare benefit plans, and executive compensation arrangements.
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R. Sterling Perkinson
Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Mr. Perkinson focuses his practice on employee benefits and executive compensation. He collaborates with plan sponsors,... | Read More
Mr. Perkinson focuses his practice on employee benefits and executive compensation. He collaborates with plan sponsors, fiduciaries and plan service providers to help them achieve their objectives while reducing their risk.
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