A plan’s definition of “compensation” tends to be one of the trickier aspects of 401(k) administration. Having been asked multiple times in the past 12-months whether deferrals to a nonqualified ...

One of the most common errors in 401(k) plan administration continues to be a mismatch between a plan’s definition of compensation and the actual compensation taken into account for plan purposes ...

The complaint stems from defendants’ alleged refusal to pay post-termination benefits to the plaintiff—and a sizable similarly situated class of would-be beneficiaries—pursuant to terms and ...

Compensation applies in at least three different ways under the IRC when addressing nondiscrimination requirements for qualified plans. First, when plans are tested for prohibited discrimination in ...

Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She has been in the accounting, audit, and tax profession for more than 13 years, working with individuals and a ...

Share-based compensation gives a company's employees equity ownership rights. The objective of share compensation is to align the interests of employees, management and shareholders. The reasoning is ...

A report by Daniel Schwallie, an attorney with Aon Hewitt’s Retirement Legal Consulting & Compliance practice, offers a guide for safe harbor plan nondiscrimination testing. In a report published in ...