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- The CARES Act’s New Rules for Coronavirus-related Distributions from Governmental 457(b) Plans
- Using 457(b) Unforeseeable Emergency Distributions During the Coronavirus Crisis
- One-time Irrevocable Elections and 401(a) Opt-in Plans
- Making Sense of Your Retiree Health “Savings” Plan
- Taking Advantage of Governmental Retirement Plan Contribution Limits
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Category Archives: Plan Administration
Using 457(b) Unforeseeable Emergency Distributions During the Coronavirus Crisis
By Jeff Chang During the Coronavirus emergency, it may make sense for state and local governments that sponsor 457(b) plans to allow their employees to access the monies in their accounts as unforeseeable emergency distributions. Not all governmental 457(b) plans … Continue reading
Tagged 457 hardship, Coronavirus, distributions, unforeseeable emergency
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Rules Governing Your Participant-Directed 457(b) or Defined Contribution 401(a) Plan
By Jeff Chang Many cities and special districts in California maintain one or more defined contribution retirement plans (i.e., a 457(b) or 401(a) plan) in which the participants are given investment responsibility over their respective accounts. However, many agencies are … Continue reading
Tagged 404(c), participant-directed
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Ways to Correct Governmental Plan Problems
By Jeff Chang There are several tools that can be used to correct or fix governmental plan problems. First, some classification. Practically all the retirement plans we discuss are “tax-advantaged” in one form or another. However, within this group, there … Continue reading
Tagged EPCRS, plan checkup, SCP, VCP
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Do Not Apply AB 5 Too Broadly
By Jeff Chang Perhaps the biggest news coming out of California’s Legislature this year was the passage of Assembly Bill 5 – the new law that codifies the 2018 Dynamex case and which imposes a new test for determining employee or … Continue reading
Tagged AB 5, ABC Test, common-law test
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