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CARES Act Relief for Retirement Plan Loan Payments is Ending, Now What?

DWC 12/8/20

Facts Earlier this year, we implemented the coronavirus relief provisions that allowed our participants to suspend loan payments for the remainder of 2020. As a result of reduced hours and other financial hardships, we had a number of plan participants take advantage of this relief.

Safe Harbor 401(k) Match vs. Nonelective: Two Words for the Same Thing or Two Different Options

DWC 06/11/19

QOTW - 6.11.2019 - Safe Habor 401k Match vs. Nonelective - Two Words for the Same Thing or Two Different Options - Plan Design

Facts I recently got a promotion at work, and one of my new job responsibilities is to help manage our company’s retirement plan. It is a safe harbor 401(k) plan. A number of our employees are about to become eligible for the plan, and they are asking me questions about the company matching contribution. From what I can tell, we make a ...

What Does Safe Harbor Mean, Exactly?

DWC 05/28/19

QOTW - 5.28.2019 - What Does Safe Habor Mean Exactly - Plan Compliance

Facts When we set up our new 401(k) plan last year, we decided not to add a safe harbor provision because we were not in a position to commit to the required contribution. Then we heard our TPA say something about our deferral deposits fitting within the safe harbor deadline. Now I’m just confused.

DWC News Update: House Passes the SECURE Act

DWC 05/24/19

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-A breakdown of breaking news from DWC's Managing Partner, Keith Clark If you are reading the mainstream press, the SECURE Act being signed into law is just around the corner. While the overwhelming bi-partisan approval in the House of Representatives is an important (and increasingly rare) development, there are still a number of steps that must ...

What Compensation Should We Use to Calculate Company Contributions to our 401(k) Plan?

DWC 06/26/18

Facts Our company has a safe harbor 401(k) plan. In addition to employees making deferrals, we make a company contribution equal to 3% of each person’s compensation. We deposit both types of contributions each pay period, so in theory at least, we should be all set by the end of each year. However, it seems that each year, our TPA comes back to us ...

Can I Pre-Fund a Matching Contribution for a Participant Who Terminated Employment?

DWC 08/1/17

Facts Our company sponsors a safe harbor 401(k) plan that provides for a dollar-for-dollar match up to 4% of pay. At the end of each year, we calculate the total matching contribution, and we usually make the deposit in the late summer. For example, we deposit the matching contribution for 2017 in August or early September of 2018.

What's Old Is New Again

Adam C. Pozek 11/14/14

Whether we’re talking fashion or music or architecture or barber shops, it seems things that have faded from existence eventually come back around. See if this cycle looks familiar: cutting edge becomes status quo becomes so last week becomes so [insert decade] becomes retro becomes vintage.

Werewolves of Pension

Adam C. Pozek 03/17/11

I was recently asked to write an article on ERISA Section 404(c). As I contemplated how to approach the article, I recalled many situations in which I have heard 404(c) pitched as the mythical silver bullet to save plan fiduciaries from the specter of liability associated with participant-directed investments.

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy…Not When It Comes To Retirement Plans

Adam C. Pozek 02/20/11

Qualified plans are complicated beasts regardless of size or design. This truth is sometimes forgotten at this time of year when sponsors and service-providers are busy dealing with nondiscrimination testing and contribution calculations. I've many situations in which a plan sponsor decided to skip testing for a year, because their plan was so ...

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