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Please Click HerePosted on October 20, 2008 by Mary Ellen Schill
The Internal Revenue Service has announced the cost-of-living adjustments for the various qualified retirement plan limits. Qualified Plan Limit Cost-of-Living Adjustments 401(k) and 403(b) elective deferral limit 2008 – $15,500 2009 – $16,500 $200,000 compensation limit 2008 – $230,000 2009 – $245,000 $160,000 defined benefit limit 2008 – $185,000 2009 – $195,000 $40,000 defined contribution […]
Posted on September 11, 2007 by Mary Ellen Schill
Late yesterday the IRS issued Notice 2007-78 in response to employer requests for an extension of the deadline to bring nonqualified deferred compensation plans into compliance with the final regulations under Code Section 409A (issued April 10, 2007). The final regulations are effective January 1, 2008, and plan documents until yesterday must have been made […]
Posted on April 11, 2007 by Mary Ellen Schill
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) requires certain group health plans to provide enrollees with a notice of privacy practices. The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires health plans remind individuals about this privacy notice no less frequently than every three years. A new notice may be sent to all enrollees, but HIPAA […]
Posted on June 13, 2006 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Background Livestock operations are poised to expand now that Wis. Admin. Code ATCP 51 will take effect after a long and highly visible rule-making process. Livestock operators have faced contentious and expensive local zoning and judicial review proceedings with unpredictable results that varied from locality to locality. Rep. David Ward, R-Jefferson, whose own family farm […]
Posted on May 19, 2005 by Mary Ellen Schill
On May 18, 2005, the IRS issued a notice which provides significant relief from the “use it or lose it” rule which applies to amounts set aside in flexible spending accounts. Prior to this new guidance, only expenses incurred during the plan year could be reimbursed from dependent care and medical reimbursement flexible spending accounts […]
Posted on February 28, 2005 by Steven P. Lipowski
A recent rulemaking announced by the Federal Trade Commission has amended the various filing thresholds for parties engaged in merger and acquisition activity subject to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR”), effective as of March 2, 2005. These filing thresholds are being amended as required by statute based upon increases in the United […]