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Qualified Plan Participant Disclosures: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Available through October 16, 2015

Speaker: Sarah Simoneaux, CPC, Simoneaux & Stroud Consulting Services

 

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Qualified plan participant disclosures fall under the purview of both the DOL and the IRS, making them confusing for plan sponsors, participants and service providers. Sponsors and participants look to service providers to solve the disclosure problem for them, but different DOL and IRS electronic disclosure rules make it an increasingly difficult function to fulfill effectively. After a brief overview of the rules, we will use examples to illustrate the concepts and provide tips for dealing with questions and issues from plan sponsors and vendors. We will also look at prospects for new DOL guidance.

Learning Objectives:

    • Discover why there are over 40 required qualified plan participant disclosures and how to deal with them.
    • Understand from case studies how to work with and explain IRS e-disclosure rules vs. DOL e-disclosure rules.
    • Learn the role of various service providers (including 3(16) co-fiduciaries) in participant disclosures Registration Deadlines.

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      REGISTRATION

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      Recorded   10/16/2015

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      CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION


      ASPPA Members

      The webcast is designed to offer registrants 2 ASPPA CE credits.

      Enrolled Actuaries

      The webcast is designed to offer registrants 2 JBEA Non-Core CE credits for Enrolled Actuaries. The final decision as to the number and type of JBEA credits rests solely with the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries.

      Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent (ERPA)

      The webcast is designed to offer registrants 2 ERPA CE credits. The final decision as to the number of ERPA credits rests solely with the Internal Revenue Service.

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      ABOUT THE SPEAKER

      Sarah Simoneaux

      Sarah Simoneaux is a founding partner of Simoneaux & Stroud Consulting Services.  SCS specializes in strategic planning, business consulting, qualified plan technology consulting, retirement plan services firms’ best practice development, and qualified plan technical and soft skills training.   SCS’ nationwide customer base includes third party administrators, recordkeepers, financial institutions, financial advisors, broker dealers, and other service providers in the retirement services industry.

      Ms. Simoneaux earned her Certified Pension Consultant designation with the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) in 1988, and she served as President of ASPPA in 2005-2006. She served as a Technical Education Consultant for the Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent (ERPA) education program and as an ASPPA Educational Programs Advocate.  She is the author of the textbook, Retirement Plan Consulting for Financial Professionals, which is used for the PFC-1 (Plan Financial Consulting - Part 1) course of ASPPA’s Qualified Plan Financial Consultant (QPFC) credentialing program.  She recorded the ASPPA DC-1 web course used in the ASPPA Qualified 401(k) Administrator (QKA) and Qualified Pension Administrator (QPA) programs.  She is a regular columnist in ASPPA’s Plan Consultant and 403(b) Advisor magazines, and co-authors a quarterly column in The Journal of Pension Benefits on retirement organizations’ best practices.

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