March 2008PDF Message from the Firm Miscommunication Happens! Correcting it Through EPCRS A Plan Correction Journey IRS 412(i) Audit Initiative: Are All the Plans Bad? November 2007PDF Message from the Firm Can The Plan Pay This Expense? Audit CAP - Some Nasty Surprises! Failing to Adhere to Enrollment Form Designations - How Should This be Fixed? IRS Provides New Guidance on How to Correct 401(k) Plan Defects May 2007PDF Message from the Firm The Keys to Crafting a Successful VCP Application to Support Correction Through Reformation I’ve Improperly Excluded Employees from Designated Roth Contributions - What Do I Do Now? Minimum Required Distribution Failures: Is there any way to get relief from the potentially severe excise tax? January 2006PDF Message from the Firm The DOL Expands Voluntary Compliance Program ... or Not? Correcting PTs During a DOL Investigation Can Be Costly May 2005PDF Message from the Firm Prohibited Transactions: It's All In How You Look At It If You Think Correction Under EPCRS Is Routine, Think Again IRS to Step Up Its Enforcement Program and Crack Down on Unethical Practices New IRS Examination Procedures Impact Ability to Use SCP DOL Fines Employer $75,000 For Late 5500s July 2004PDF Message from the Firm Fixing GUST Non-Amenders Under VCP Will the DOL Use the 2002 Form 5500 as an Audit Target? (Part II) IRS Audit Activity October 2003PDF Message from the Firm Resolving Competing Correction Principles under EPCRS Will the DOL Use the 2002 Form 5500 as an Audit Trigger January 2003PDF Message from the Firm Knowing the Rules and How to Use Them Creative Correction for Tax-Sheltered Annuity Failures March 2002PDF Message from the Firm Using Self Correction After the Audit Has Commenced Improper Termination of a Defined Benefit Plan: What Are the Consequences and What Are Your Options? August 2001PDF Message from the Firm Dealing with a Scrivener's Error During an IRS Audit Resolving Participant Loan Issues on Audit: Effective Application and Communication of the Law Can Make the Difference January 2001PDF Message from the Firm What to Do When the DOL Investigates Your Client's 401(k) Plan Fixing Plan Documents that Do Not Conform to the Plan Sponsor's Intent August 2000PDF Message from the Firm Correcting Systemic Qualification Failures: Group VCR When the IRS Audits -- Being Right Can Be a Costly Experience November 1999 Message from the Firm Negotiating Audit Cap Sanctions The First Union Case: The Duty of Employers to Prudently Select and Monitor 401(k) Investment Options VAPRSC Survey Results Comments From The L.A. Benefits Conference Reish Receives IRS Director's Award April 1999 Message from the Firm How to Use APRSC in an IRS Audit Varying Partner Contributions: A Trap For The Unwary November 1998 Message from the Firm Proposed Changes to Walk-in Cap When The IRS Audits a Plan With a Known Defect EPCRS Appeals Procedures APRSC Correction of ADP Failures Extension of the GUST RAP? Non-Qualified Plan Directed Accounts June 1998 Message from the Firm Using "Reformation CAP" to Correct Qualification Failures Don't Forget APRSC February 1998 Message from the Firm Q&A for Plan Defects: Corrections/VCR/CAP October 1997 Message from the Firm National Office Panel Local Office Panel September 1997 Message from the Firm Minimum Required Distributions and Rollovers Failure to Operate a Plan as Written Can Be Very Expensive June 1997 Message from the Firm Questions and Answers for Plan Defects: Correction/VCR/CAP February 1997 Message from the Firm Using IRS Programs to Limit Your Liability Even Multiemployer Plans Need a Little CAP Now And Then... January 1997 Message from the Firm Questions and Answers for Plan Defects: Correction/VCR/CAP October 1996 Message from the Firm National Office Panel: Update from IRS Headquarters Western Key District Panel: National And Local Audit Projects August 1996 Message from the Firm Handling The Audit of a Takeover Case ERISA 502(l) Penalty - Trap For The Unwary January 1996 Message from the Firm The ADP Corrections That Weren't Disclosure of Defects at Audit to a newsletter