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August 6, 2021
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IRS, IRS Forms

FLASHPOINT: FORM 5500 CLARIFICATION … BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Form 5500 Clarification … Better Late than Never One of the highly useful provisions from the Setting Every Community Up for...

July 20, 2021
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EPCRS, FLASHPOINT, IRS

FLASHPOINT: THE NEWEST EPCRS: ALL GOOD NEWS (EXCEPT WHEN IT’S NOT)

The IRS issued the long-awaited update of its Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Revenue Procedure...

April 21, 2021
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Cybersecurity, DOL, FLASHPOINT, Identity theft, Pensions on Peachtree

FLASHPOINT: Department of Labor Issues Cybersecurity Guidance (Not to say we told you so, but…..)

By: Alison J. Cohen, Esq., APR Back in 2019, FBLC published our first Solution regarding the rising threat of identity theft. ...

December 14, 2020
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401(k), FLASHPOINT, PPP, Secure

FLASHPOINT: NEW SECURE SAFE HARBOR 401(K) PLAN RULES: YOU CAN DO THE SAFE HARBOR NONELECTIVE HOKEY POKEY!

In brand new Notice 2020-86, issued on December 9, 2020, the IRS provides some additional guidance on the post-SECURE safe harbor...

October 26, 2020
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FLASHPOINT, IRS

FLASHPOINT: IRS ANNOUNCES 2021 COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS TO VARIOUS RETIREMENT PLAN LIMITS

The IRS just released the cost of living adjustments for various retirement plan limitations that will take effect on January 1,...

October 13, 2020
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401(k)

FLASHPOINT: DEJA-VU! DIDN’T WE JUST FINISH RESTATEMENTS?

The attached article was written by Alison Cohen for the ASPPA Plan Consultant Magazine, and discusses 8 practical solutions to the...

September 26, 2020
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401(k)

FLASHPOINT: THE THREE-MONTH RULE AND RETROACTIVE SAFE HARBOR ELECTIONS: YOU NEED TO ADOPT THE PLAN BY OCTOBER 1!

By S. Derrin Watson Perhaps we should have expected it. It would have been nice if the IRS had provided guidance...

September 10, 2020
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DOL, IRS, MEP

FLASHPOINT: ALL THE GUIDANCE THAT’S FIT TO PRINT: GIFTS FROM THE DOL AND IRS (GEE, WE DIDN’T GET THEM ANYTHING!)

In the last few weeks, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) have published a number of...

August 18, 2020
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FLASHPOINT, IRS

FERENCZY FLASHPOINT: USER FEES GOING UP AND CARES UPDATE

Updated User Fees for IRS Filings The IRS just issued the user fees for 2021 in Announcement 2020-14. Unlike in 2018,...

August 5, 2020
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FLASHPOINT, MEP

FLASHPOINT: SEP, MEP, OR PEP IDENTIFYING THE KEY DIFFERENCES IN RETIREMENT PLANS

The attached white paper by Alison Cohen and Ilene Ferenczy was commissioned by Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC to help explain the...