Get all the rules and regulations on employee benefits issued by federal agencies in one comprehensive volume.
The full text of all proposed and final regulations through June 30, 2008 -- from the Department of Labor, the Treasury Department, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and other agencies -- that affect benefit plans are included in ERISA Regulations, 2009 Edition.
Developments covered in the 2009 Edition include:
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Regulations on: interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits; administrative review of agency decisions; benefits payable on terminated single-employer plans; expected retirement age; disclosure of termination information; premium rates; payment of premiums; flat premium rates; variable rate premium cap; Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; Pension Protection Act of 2006; annual financial and actuarial information reporting; methods of computing withdrawal liability; and reallocation of liability upon mass withdrawal.
Department of Labor (Employee Benefits Security Administration)
Regulations on: civil penalties under ERISA §502(c)(7); amendment to Interpretive Bulletin 95-1; selection of annuity providers of individual account plans; multiemployer pension plan information made available upon request; default investment alternatives under participant-directed individual account plans; annual reporting and disclosure; reasonable contract or arrangement under ERISA §408(b)(2); civil penalties under ERISA §502(c)(4); definition of "plan assets"; and model notice of multiemployer plan in critical status.
Internal Revenue Service
Regulations on: disclosure requirements for prohibited tax shelter transactions; §403(b) tax-sheltered annuity contracts; diversification requirements for variable annuity, endowment, and life insurance contracts; benefit restrictions for underfunded pension plans; user fees relating to enrollment to perform actuarial services; automatic contribution arrangements; information reporting on employer-owned life insurance contracts; payments made by reason of a salary reduction agreement; hybrid retirement plans; measurement of assets and liabilities for pension funding purposes; multiemployer plan funding guidance; determination of minimum required pension contributions; and accrual rules for defined benefit plans.
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