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The affiliated service group issue

I own a piece of a business and provide services to it, through my sole proprietorship. Pretty much...

The thing about experience

Manute Bol and Gheorghe Mureșan were 7’6” and 7’7”, but were pretty bad players in the NBA...

Don’t use forfeitures to reduce

There are plenty of cases out there, arguing that plan sponsors that use forfeitures to reduce empl...

In the end, it’s all about competent plan administration

While I know my discussions about payroll provider third-party administration firms (TPAs) have hit...

Clues that it’s time for a plan review

As many of you know, I offer a Retirement Plan Tune-Up, a legal review for $750 that reviews the do...

Some Answers to Questions

As an ERISA attorney, I always have an open phone policy with plan sponsors, financial advisors, ac...

My Two Cents: Don’t Trust Anybody on hardship distributions

The reason I never hired an employee is because I was an employee once too. I had co-workers, many ...

An Educational Policy Statement is just paper

Any type of item that keeps you health is a good thing as long as you use it. So the floss I bought...

The mega backdoor Roth is usually not going to work

I have received more inquiries about after-tax voluntary contributions in the past two weeks than i...

The truth about index funds and fee disclosure

I’ve always been a big fan of index funds, probably more so when exchange-traded funds became a t...