81 FR 47534 — Proposed Revision of Annual Information Return/Reports ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 21, 2016
…bility for Immediate Gain Methods.
Complete this line only if you use an immediate gain method (see Rev. Rul. 81-213, 1981-2 C.B. 101, for a definition of immediate gain method).
Lines 1c(2)(a), (b), and (c). Information for Plans Using Spread Gain Methods.
Complete these lines only if you use a spread gain method (see…
85 FR 40589 — Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice: Notice of Court Vacatur ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 7, 2020related by meaning
…s, and that this technical amendment is not subject to the timing requirements of the Congressional Review Act.
Statutory Authority This regulation is issued pursuant to the authority in section 505 of ERISA (Pub. L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 894; 29 U.S.C. 1135) and section 102 of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. Ap…
90 FR 4192 — Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 15, 2025
… Notice 2023-43, once a plan or plan sponsor comes under examination (as defined in section 5.08 of Rev. Proc. 2021-30), an Eligible Inadvertent Participant Loan Failure is no longer eligible for self-correction under the IRS's EPCRS unless the plan sponsor has, before the plan or plan sponsor comes under examination, …
91 FR 4348 — Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jan 30, 2026★ strong match
….ct.gov/-/media/ohs/reports/ohs-report-of-pharmacy-benefit-manager-practices-pa-23-171-s7.pdf?rev=01a4809a4795421e890970d8cd5f2fc1.
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46.
Bob Herman, `It's beyond unethical': Opaque conflicts of interest permeate prescription drug benefits (June 2023),
https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/20/pbms…
89 FR 32122 — Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024★ strong match
… Little, Jr., & Larry Thrailkill,
Fiduciaries Under ERISA: A Narrow Path to Tread, 30 Vanderbilt L. Rev. 1, 4-5 (1977) (referring to the “broadness of the [statutory] definition” of “fiduciary” under ERISA, such that the definition could cover “insurance salesmen who recommend the purchase of certain types of insurance…
ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 21, 2022
… for VFC Program correction under Title I of ERISA. Further, the latest updated version of EPCRS in Rev.
( printed page 71171)
81 FR 21147 — Amendment to and Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84-24 for Certain Transactions Involving Insurance Agents and Brokers, Pension Co… ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016related by meaning
….
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51.
John Hancock,
510 U.S. at 98.
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52.
The standard does not prevent investment advice fiduciaries relying on the exemption from restricting their recommended investments to proprietary products or products that generate
revenue sharing. Section IV of the Best Interest Contract Exe…
89 FR 32302 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024★ strong match
…eration of these comments, the Department is retaining Section III(f) in the Final Amendment with a revision that changes references to a “master or prototype plan” to a “Pre-Approved Plan,” which is consistent with a change in terminology the IRS adopted in IRS Rev. Proc. 2017-41.
The Department also received several …
90 FR 28004 — Removal of Interpretive Bulletins Relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2025related by meaning
977) (“The attention of interested parties is directed to the fact that regulation 2550.408c-2 replaces Interpretive Bulletin 75-6”).
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41 FR 3289 (Jan. 22, 1976).
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8.
43 FR 47713 (Oct. 17, 1978). Congress subsequently ratified Reorganization Plan No. 4 in 1984. See Sec. 1, Public La…
ERISAFinal Rules (FR)May 17, 2024
…CA would be tax-deferred, similar to the treatment of fully paid individual annuity contracts under Rev. Rul. 2011-7, until amounts are actually paid to the participant or beneficiary. Contemporaneous with the publication of Rev. Rul. 2020-23, the IRS published Notice 2020-80, 2020-47 IRB 1060
requesting comments on th…
88 FR 76004 — Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24 ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 3, 2023★ strong match
e authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to grant administrative exemptions under Code section 4975 to the Secretary of Labor.
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2. As defined in Section X(d), the term “Individual Retirement Account” or “IRA” means any plan that is an account or annuity described in Code section 4975(e)(1)(B) throu…
81 FR 92639 — Savings Arrangements Established by Qualified State Political Subdivisions for Non-Governmental Employees ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Dec 20, 2016
…. 557 (H.B. 2960) (2015); Washington State Small Business Retirement Savings Marketplace Act, Wash. Rev. Code §§ 43.330.730-750 (2015).
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75 FR 41600 — Reasonable Contract or Arrangement Under Section 408(b)(2)-Fee Disclosure ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 16, 2010related by meaning
…CFR, 1978 Comp. 332. Sec. 2550.412-1 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1112.
2. Section 2550.408b-2(c) is revised to read as follows:
§ 2550.408b-2
General statutory exemption for services or office space.
* * * * *
(c)
Reasonable contract or arrangement
—
(1)
Pension plan disclosure.
(i)
General.
85 FR 82798 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02, Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Dec 18, 2020related by meaning
ired notice and comment rulemaking, citing
Am. Min. Cong.
v.
Mine Safety & Health Admin.,
995 F.2d 1106, 1112 (D.C. Cir. 1993), and
Chao
v.
Rothermel, 327 F.3d 223, 227 (3d Cir. 2003). The Department disagrees that the factors cited in these cases are satisfied. In this regard, there would be an adequate legislative ba…
84 FR 37508 — Definition of “Employer” Under Section 3(5) of ERISA-Association Retirement Plans and Other Multiple-Employer Plans ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 31, 2019
…titutions, make available for adoption by employers and that have been pre-approved by the IRS. See Rev. Proc. 2017-41, 2017-29 IRB 92. A plan that uses a Pre-Approved Plan document may either be a single-employer plan or a MEP. With respect to single-employer Pre-Approved Plans, providers often offer centralized admin…
76 FR 66136 — Investment Advice-Participants and Beneficiaries ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Oct 25, 2011related by meaning
… 2550—RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY 1. The authority citation for part 2550 is revised to read as follows:
Authority:
29 U.S.C. 1135; and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 6-2009, 74 FR 21524 (May 7, 2009). Secs. 2550.401b-1, 2550.408b-1, 2550.408b-19, 2550.408g-1, and 2550.408g-2 also issued under se…
75 FR 9360 — Investment Advice-Participants and Beneficiaries ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Mar 2, 2010related by meaning
… 2550—RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY
1. The authority citation for part 2550 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1135; and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 6-2009, 74 FR 21524 (May 7, 2009). Secs. 2550.401b-1, 2550.408b-1, 2550.408b-19, 2550.408g-1, and 2550.408g-2 also issued under se…
81 FR 20946 — Definition of the Term “Fiduciary”; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016related by meaning
…-1, Parts II-V; PTE 77-4; PTE 80-83; PTE 83-1: PTE 84-24; and PTE 86-128.
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54.
The revoked exemptions include PTE 75-1, Parts I(b) and (c); PTE 75-1, Part II(2); and parts of PTE 84-2 and PTE 86-128.
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90 FR 28009 — Removal of Definition of “Plan Assets”-Insurance Company General Accounts ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2025related by meaning
… 2550—RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY
1. The authority citation for part 2550 is revised to read as follows:
Authority:
29 U.S.C. 1135, sec. 102, Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App. at 727 (2012) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2011, 77 FR 1088 (Jan. 9, 2012). Sections 2550.404a-2 a…
ERISARegulationsJan 1, 2017
(b)(4)(i)(B) (B) Employee B was born on February 22, 1955 and commenced employment with Employer X on July 1, 1975. B is credited with a year of service for eligibility to participate in the plan for the eligibility computation period beginning on his employment commencement date (July 1, 1975) and a year of service fo…