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Posts from September 2016.
By Kara Krawzik on September 30, 2016 at 11:15 AM

"New Rules" spelled out with block lettersSince 2015, employers have been subject to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) information reporting requirements and penalties. For the 2015 reporting year, the IRS extended the deadlines and gave employers a few extra months to provide these forms to their employees and to file them with the IRS. However, this transition relief was not extended to the 2017 deadlines for the 2016 reporting year. As a result, reporting deadlines for filings in 2017 are months earlier as compared to 2016.

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By Employee Benefits Practice Group on September 14, 2016 at 9:25 AM

Stack of papers with magnifying glassUPDATE (Sept. 29, 2016):
On Sept. 23, 2016, the Department of Labor announced that the deadline for submitting comments would be extended by more than two months, to Dec. 5, 2016.


ORIGINAL POST:
The Department of Labor (DOL) — jointly with the IRS and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation — has proposed major revisions to the Annual Returns/Reports under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), more commonly known as Form 5500s. The proposed revisions will require plan sponsors to provide more information, some of which may open the door to litigation risks.

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