GAO requests that the IRS clarify how taxpayers report their participation to gain understanding of plans that could lead to exemption.

Are there any issues involved in nabbing top talent? The answer is: there can be.

A court determined that when the primary purpose of a stock ownership plan is something other than deferring income or providing retirement income, ERISA may not govern.

The agency uses Letters 226J and 227 to assess ACA penalties from employers, and clients who receive them could have millions at stake.

Regardless of the regulation’s future, employers need to ensure they’re passing costs on to plan participants that are reasonable in light of the services provided.

Regardless of the regulation’s future, employers need to ensure they’re passing costs on to plan participants that are reasonable in light of the services provided.

Thanks to a higher level of scrutiny from regulators, many insurers also act as financial managers and this leads employers to find elective benefit alternatives.

The Sixth Circuit’s decision appears to be the next step towards an expansion of Title VII protections for sexual orientation and gender identity.

GAO requests that the IRS clarify how taxpayers report their participation to gain understanding of plans that could lead to exemption.

Despite the recent Fifth Court ruling, it’s too soon to say the regulation is dead. There may be a rehearing, and most importantly, best practice standards will live on.