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Tag Archives: california governmental retirement
Does Your Plan Have A Proper Fiduciary Structure?
By Jeff Chang Recently, we have dealt with an “epidemic” of retirement plans, both very large and very small, that all have the same problem – the lack of a proper fiduciary structure. Why? As with so many personnel and … Continue reading
Tagged 401(a), 457(b), administrative committee, authority, california employer, california governmental retirement, fiduciary, governmental retirement plan, investments, Plan Administrator
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Chapter 24: 457(b) Plan Fees And Revenue Sharing
By Jeff Chang Many public agencies pay little attention to their 457(b) plans because the agencies are not “paying” for them out of their own budgets. See Have You Checked Your Retirement Plan Fees Lately? Plan fiduciaries are legally required, … Continue reading
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Chapter 19: Get the IRS’ Blessing for Your 401(a) Plan – Before It’s Too Late
By: Jeff Chang The IRS has just announced major changes to its program for reviewing and approving the qualified status of certain retirement plan documents (see, Announcement 2015-19). Essentially, the Service is doing away with its program for issuing determination letters … Continue reading
Tagged california governmental retirement, california retirement, governmental retirement plan, individually designed plans, IRS qualified
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Chapter 18: It’s Supposed To Go To Whom? Beneficiary Designation In Governmental Defined Contribution Plans
By: Jeff Chang Here’s an interesting difference between public and private industry plans that we were reminded of recently and that we’d like to share with our governmental clients and their advisors because it can be so problematic. In most private … Continue reading
Tagged beneficiary, california governmental retirement, designation of beneficiary, Government Pensions, pre-approved governmental retirement plan
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Chapter 5: Why Governmental Employers Should Care About Their Reporting Of Employee’s Wages
By: Jeff Chang This entry comes to you with the help of my colleague Wendy Tauriainen. A couple of weeks ago we got to talking about the fact that dozens, if not hundreds, of local governments and special districts appeared to … Continue reading
Tagged california governmental retirement, governmental employer, governmental retirement plan, paid time off, payroll taxes, PTO, PTO cash-out, W-2, wage reporting
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