New for 2010: Tax Credit Helps Small Employers Provide Health Insurance Coverage

WASHINGTON ? Many small businesses and tax-exempt organizations that provide health insurance coverage to their employees. See news release here http://bit.ly/97jDNm

This is a terrific resource for anyone involved in the employee benefits area

The Retirement News for Employers is a periodic newsletter with retirement plan information for employers and business owners from Employee Plans (Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE) at the IRS).

You’ll get information on:

• New rules affecting retirement plans;
• Retirement plan forms and plain language publications;
• Retirement seminars geared toward employers and owners; and
• Developments from other federal agencies.

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ThompsonKnight Avoiding Issues in Audit

SalmonSimsThomas Stay out of the DOL spotlight

SalmonSimsThomas Stay out of the DOL spotlight

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Legg Mason Understanding Fee Disclosure

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently sent formal Notice of Rejection (NOR) letters to approximately 370 plan administrators of large plans (based on plan asset size) that failed to attach an audit report to their 2008 Form 5500. The DOL anticipates sending additional NOR letters to smaller plans in the future for missing audit report. These large plans were determined based on the size of their assets in the plan. The DOL anticipates sending a second wave of letters in the near term to the next tier plans based on the size of assets in the plan.

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