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   Retirement News for Employers - Fall 2008 Edition
This edition includes articles such as Help Your Employees Weather the Storm: Hardship Withdrawals and Loans from Retirement Plans; Do the Right Thing Even When Times are Tough!; Is My Plan the Right Plan?; Required Minimum Distribution Reminder; RNE Survey; Failure to Provide a Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan Notice; 2009 Retirement Plan Limits Announced; and DOL News.
 
Guidelines Regarding Rollovers as Business Startups (ROBS)
Procedures for examination and determination agents when dealing with these transactions.

SEP, SIMPLE IRA Plan, and 401(k) Fix-It Guides Available
Tips on how to find, fix, and avoid common mistakes in SEP, SIMPLE IRA, and 401(k) plans.

Critical Priorites... by Monika Templeman (Director, EP Examinations)
Latest view on the critical priorities vital to the success of EP Exams.

Volunteer Law Student Program
Opportunity for qualified law/LLM candidates for a collaborative team working on training materials.

Staggered Remedial Amendment Period Revenue Procedure
Rev. Proc. 2007-44 clarifies, modifies, and supersedes Rev. Proc. 2005-66.

Governmental Plans
Materials from the Roundtable are now available. We will continue to update this material.

Information about Rollovers
Resource for rollovers from qualified retirement plans.

2009 Cost-of-Living Increases
2009 annual dollar limits on benefits and contributions.

Plans and Programs
Wish to go directly to a plan type or IRS Employee Plans program? Find it here.

FY 2008 Employee Plans Work Plan
Operating priorities, goals, and objectives that will guide EP's work over the coming year.

    IRC 403(b) Phone Forum - Dec. 4, 2008
Bob Architect discusses the final 403(b) regulations. Dial-in numbers updated.

Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent Program (ERPA)
Find out the details on the new ERPA Program.

2008 IRA Contribution and Deduction Limits
Information for 2008 traditional and Roth IRA contributions and traditional IRA deductible limits.

Employee Plans Compliance Unit (EPCU)
Did you receive a letter from EPCU? Will you be getting a letter soon? Go here to get more info.

Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PL 109-280)
Published guidance, articles, and other resources useful in understanding the PPA of 2006.

Disaster Relief Information
The Service has provided a variety of disaster relief measures for retirement plan sponsors.

Retirement Plans Community Site Map
Need help finding a topic? Visit the site map for a listing of information by topic.

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