On December 3, 1999, ASPPA sent a letter to the IRS in support of its initiation of an outreach program for 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity arrangements. Read the letter.

On December 3, 1999, ASPPA sent a comment letter to the IRS asking for clarification on the catch-up provision elections A-B-C. Read the letter.

On November 15, 1999, ASPPA sent a comment letter to the IRS regarding the amortization of foregone contributions under the alternative full funding limit as modified by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.Read the letter.

On October 25, 1999, ASPPA delivered a letter to the Internal Revenue Service during the 1999 ASPPA Annual Conference regarding the repeal of IRC Section 415(e). Read the letter.

On September 3, 1999, ASPPA sent a comment letter to the Treasury regarding the procedures for permitting restorative payments to qualified retirement plans. Read the letter.

On September 3, 1999, ASPPA sent a letter in support of Carol Gold's application for the position of Director of Employee Plans. Read the letter.

On August 5th, 1999, ASPPA sent a comment letter to the IRS regarding Revenue Procedure 99-13. The letter focuses on improvement of the EPCRS as it applies to 403(b) Plans, and obtaining clarification of some of the features of the Revenue Procedure. Read the comment letter.

On August 5th, 1999, ASPPA sent a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor on the computer scannable versions of the New Form 5500. Read the comment letter.

On August 5th, 1999, ASPPA sent a comment letter to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regarding the proposed rule on payment of premiums, the Alternative Calculation Method. Read the letter.

On May 14, 1999, ASPPA sent a letter to the IRS regarding the redesign of the prototype program. Read the letter.

On May 6, 1999, ASPPA sent comments to the U.S. Department of Labor expressing support of the Department's effort to use new information technologies. The comment letter also proposes some improvements to the proposed regulations. Read the letter.

On May 6, 1999, ASPPA wrote to the Internal Revenue Service to urge reconsideration of their position on the deductibility of compliance correction fees under the Walk-In CAP Program. Read the letter.

On March 15, 1999, ASPPA wrote to the Department of the Treasury to urge that plan documents for 401(k) plans not be required to include specific nondiscrimination testing criteria. Read the letter.

On February 23, 1999, ASPPA expressed concern with a number of the requirements contained in Notice 98-52 in a letter to the Internal Revenue Service. Read the letter.