Seps Simplified Employee Pensions

... analyzes the rules that apply to simplified employee pensions (SEPs) and savings incentive match plans for employees (SIMPLE plans). This portfolio explains that a SEP is a retirement plan sponsored by an employer through which the employer makes contributions to the traditional IRAs of its employees. Although the rules applicable to traditional IRAs apply to employer contributions once they are made, separate eligibility, contribution amount and other rules apply to the SEP.

SIMPLE, SEP, and SARSEP Answer Book provides up-to-date coverage of recent legislative and regulatory developments in simplified employee pension (SEP) plans and savings incentive match plans for employees (SIMPLEs). It provides clear and concise guidance on the complex design, administration, and compliance issues that arise in connection with SIMPLEs, SEPs, and salary reduction SEPs (SARSEPs). SIMPLE, SEP, and SARSEP Answer Book, Nineteenth Edition has been updated to include: How plan failures involving a SEP and SIMPLE are corrected under Revenue Procedure 2013-12, the revised EPCRS, Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System Why the Supreme Court will now have to rule on the exemption for inherited IRAs in bankruptcy A discussion of the new three-year bankruptcy exemption limit ($1,245,475) for SEP IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs Why the DOL seeks to replace the five-part test under the 1975 fiduciary investment advice regulation with a new definition that makes more investment service providers accountable as ERISA fiduciaries How a SIMPLE IRA may provide for an Automatic Contribution Arrangement How the ongoing Employee Plans Compliance Unit (EPCU) SIMPLE follow-up project will ensure that SIMPLE IRA plan documents are in compliance When the grant of a security interest in an IRA was not a prohibited transaction Whether the Code Section 415 dollar limit is ever prorated for a new participant When and how the maximum compensation limit ($255,000 for 2013) is prorated The effect, if any, of the new 0.9 percent additional Medicare tax on self employment income and the new 3.8 percent unearned income Medicare contribution tax on net investment income on determining earned income for plan purposes How to compute the compensation a self-employed individual needs in order to be allocated the maximum amount ($51,000) for 2013 The statutory changes under GOZA, TIPRA, HERO, PPA, HEART, and WRERA relating to qualification of IRAs that became effective after the mandatory amendments were announced in 2002 How a prototype traditional IRA, SEP-IRA, or SIMPLE IRA may be amended to incorporate statutory changes without affecting reliance on a favorable opinion letter How the designated Roth account (DRA) rules apply to a 401(k) SIMPLE IRA plan And more!

This comprehensive, authoritative volume provides up-to-date coverage of recent legislative and regulatory developments in simplified employee pension (SEP) plans and savings incentive match plans for employees (SIMPLEs). SIMPLE, SEP, and SARSEP Answer Book, 2020 Edition provides clear and concise guidance on the complex design, administration, and compliance issues that arise in connection with SIMPLEs, SEPs, and salary reduction SEPs (SARSEPs). Highlights from the 2020 Edition include: Revised coverage of eligible automatic contribution arrangements. New discussion and examples of how Code Section 318 is used to determine who is a highly compensated employee or a key employee. Discussion of the increase in the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) age (to age 72) that will affect individuals born after June 30, 1949. Examination of why the failure to remit employee contributions to an employee benefit plan may constitute a crime. Discussion of whether participation in a Voluntary Correction Program (VCP) could lead to a plan audit by the IRS. Discussion of the new credit for qualified start-up costs for small employers that include an automatic enrollment feature in a SIMPLE IRA. Updated coverage of the increased retirement plan start-up cost credit amounts. Expanded discussion of why SEP, SARSEP, and SIMPLE contributions, including any elective deferral payments paid during the tax year (regardless of the tax year of deductibility), are treated as part of the guaranteed payments for personal services so Form 1065 flows properly. Expanded discussion of what happens to uncorrected excess contributions in a SARSEP. Expanded discussion of the correction of excess SEP contributions that fail the 125 percent nondiscrimination test. Updated coverage of the submission procedure for VCP. Updated discussion of what happens if Code Section 415 limits are exceeded and what happens if the failure is not corrected. Update coverage of the saver''s credit for low-income taxpayers. Discussion of recent events that may doom the EPCRS program and that could result in many more audits of SEPs and SIMPLE plans. Updated discussion of when the IRS will assist and employer or employee in determining whether the individual is an employee. Discussion of how a plan sponsor may authorize a representative to submit a VCP application. (See Q 17:26.) Revised coverage of the status of the DOL''s revised definition of "fiduciary" rule. Discussion of the expanded definition of compensation for difficulty of care payments and for non-tuition fellowships and stipend payments. Examination of how the tax return due dates and revised extension periods will affect the establishment of a SEP for the prior year. The new due dates for making prior-year SEP and SIMPLE contributions are also discussed with revised charts. Updated discussion of the status of the Securities and Exchange Commission''s attempt to regulate the delivery of investment advice by a broker-dealer. Discussion of the Rollover as Business Start-Ups (ROBS) Compliance Project addressing promoters that aggressively market ROBs arrangements using IRS favorable determination letters. Discussion of why the $57,000 limit under Code Section 415 is not prorated for an initial short plan year. Updated discussion on the use of electronic media. Updated discussion on combining SEP contributions with IRA contributions. Revised coverage of highly compensated employees with new examples of the ownership test and compensation test. Revised discussion of the eight contribution limits that may apply to a SEP plan. How the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act) modified certain requirements for employer-provided retirement plans, IRAs, and other tax-favored savings accounts. Note: Online subscriptions are for three-month periods. Previous Edition: SIMPLE, SEP, and SARSEP Answer Book, 2019 Edition, ISBN 9781543813258¿

Employee Benefits Law: ERISA and Beyond takes you step by step through these and other statutes and regulations to help ensure that your plans are properly structured, qualified and implemented.