Eba-Compliance-Asktheexperts

The Friday Fray: Pump Pain

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:37:00 GMT

Millions of workers are suffering from pain at the pump. So what's an employer to do? Some say it's not an employer's responsibility, other say it is. Listen in this Friday (June 20 at 1:00 p.m. EST) as we wrestle with the issue in another installment of our occasional discussion series, "The Friday Fray."

Ask the Auditor: Helpful tips on creating efficient, cost-effective compliance audits

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:25:00 GMT

In an ever-increasing regulatory landscape, SAS 70 audits can result in excessive fees and wasteful man-hours for your organization, but it doesn't have to be that way.

Bad facts make bad law

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:43:00 GMT

As they teach in law school, bad facts make bad law. The recent Supreme Court case, LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates Inc., helps to illustrate this point.

Are your strategies competitive?

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:01:00 GMT

Are your benefits communication strategies and techniques competitive? Find out by joining us tomorrow afternoon for another Coaching Call with Jack Kwicien. Kwicien, a Baltimore-based business development expert, anchors the "Your Business" section of Employee Benefit Adviser.

IRS search for missing 5500s presents advisers with a compliance opportunity

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:54:00 GMT

In February, 2007, the IRS began to issue notices to employers questioning whether or not they had filed an annual Form 5500 for 2004 plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2004.

Advisers need to help clients with Form 5500

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:50:00 GMT

Advisers are being called on to flex their compliance muscles and assist clients who are reconsidering their form 5500 filings.

Tweak could take fright out of HSAs

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:25:00 GMT

In January 2005 I took a leap of faith and left a traditional PPO for a health savings account. I moved from a $500 family deductible to a $4,800 family deductible. Even today, looking at that deductible is an eye opener. Making that jump in deductibles allowed me to save enough in monthly premiums to begin funding my fledgling HSA account.

Updated answer book gives insight on 401(k) changes

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:00:00 GMT

For the last 15 years, Joan McDonagh has kicked the tires on all the legislation affecting employers' favorite retirement vehicle with annual revisions to her well known, "401(k) Answer Book." She knows what things stall advisers and offers a run-down of annual 401(k) plan changes in each new edition.

An eye for opportunity

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:57:00 GMT

Whether it's because he spent his early years as a tax professional traveling to and from Las Vegas, or due to his expanding collection of fine art - much of it glass - Michael Goldstein finds himself fond of the material, and the process of turning so much sand into something exquisite. He'll even go so far as to say plan advising is a similar process, of sorts, given a good consultant's power to ply the applicable rules and regulations for the benefit of their clients.

Notice of Creditable Coverage regarding Medicare Part D

Fri, 25 May 2007 13:29:00 GMT

Confused about a certain benefit law requirement? Now you can Ask the Expert, attorney and CPA Frank Palmieri. The current question concerns rules governing notice of creditable coverage regarding Medicare Part D