December 22, 2010 – 5:36 pm
On December 17, the IRS issued Notice 2011-3. This Notice provides guidance on single-employer defined benefit plan elections under the Pension Relief Act of 2010. The Notice provides that the deadline for electing to extend the amortization period is the latest of: (1) the last day of the plan year, (2) 30 days after the […]
December 13, 2010 – 3:47 pm
The Federal Reserve has posted the November Treasury interest rates. The 10 year constant maturity yield is 2.76%, which is near a record low. This rate is the basis for many cash balance plan interest crediting rates. Perhaps this low growth rate will inspire plan sponsors to change the interest credit index. This is allowed […]
December 9, 2010 – 9:49 am
As we speculated a few weeks ago, the IRS has extended the deadline for plan sponsors to amend their plan documents to comply with certain law changes under PPA and WRERA. Notice 2010-77 essentially just adds a year to the previously extended deadlines from Notice 2009-97. These extensions may be a moot point for many […]
December 7, 2010 – 9:50 am
As many plan sponsors and benefits practitioners were hoping for, the PBGC recently released Technical Update 10-4 which provides guidance on how to comply with the proposed amendments to the reportable events regulations for the 2011 plan year. The conclusions are very similar to Technical Updates 09-1, 09-3, and 09-4 which provided guidance for the […]
