Beware Nondiscrimination Pitfalls for Frozen Pension Plans

Many defined benefit (DB) pension plans were closed to new entrants over the past several years. Oftentimes, these plan closures were done with a focus on short-term cost control without understanding some of the long-term compliance implications. Then, one day, the plan sponsor gets an unwelcome surprise from their actuary – their DB plan is […]Read More… from Beware Nondiscrimination Pitfalls for Frozen Pension Plans

Fixing a §401(a)(4) test failure

Our philosophy for coverage and nondiscrimination testing has always been “everything passes, some plans just take a little longer to prove it”. That was put to the test recently for one of our law firm clients:  an unusually young new partner was causing their  §401(a)(4) nondiscrimination test to fail.  We emptied the whole toolbox on […]Read More… from Fixing a §401(a)(4) test failure