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• Department of the Treasury Priority Guidance
  Mon, 15th Sep 2008 18:26 EDT
  
  2008-2009 Treasury Priority Guidance is released containing 314 items including a number of employee benefit matters and issues.
• Updated Change of Accounting Methods Revenue Procedure
  Mon, 15th Sep 2008 18:01 EDT
  
  The IRS issues Rev. Proc. 2008-52 updating, clarifying and amplifying prior guidance regarding how taxpayers can obtain an automatic consent for a change in accounting method. The guidance both consolidates...
• GAO Report on Defined Benefit Investments in Hedge Funds
  Thu, 11th Sep 2008 09:46 EDT
  
  Guidance needed to better inform plans of the challenges and risks of investing in hedge funds and private equity concludes a report prepared by the General Accounting Office for Congress.
• Updated Weighted Average, Yield Curve and Segment Rates
  Wed, 10th Sep 2008 17:27 EDT
  
  IRS issues Notice 2008-75 providing updated guidance on the corporate bond weighted average interest rate, yield curves and segment rates for funding purposes.
• Additional Transitional Relief from PPA Funding Rules for Small Plans
  Wed, 10th Sep 2008 17:13 EDT
  
  The IRS has issued additional transitional relief for small plans from the PPA funding rules. The guidance extends the transition relief previously provided in Notice 2008-21.
• Transfer of U.K. Benefits to US Plan Not Eligible for Rollover
  Thu, 4th Sep 2008 18:39 EDT
  
  United States resident may not rely upon parenthetical language in Article 18(1) of the U.S.-U.K. income tax treaty to make a tax-deferred rollover from a United Kingdom pension scheme to...
• IRS to Suspend Collection Activities Regarding ISO AMT Liabilities
  Thu, 4th Sep 2008 18:27 EDT
  
  In a letter from Commissioner Douglas Shulman to Senator Grassley, the IRS states that it will suspend, through the end of this fiscal year, collection enforcement action involving AMT ISO...
• Milliman Client Action Bulletin on DOL Participant Disclosure
  Sat, 30th Aug 2008 12:25 EDT
  
  Milliman Client Action Bulletin discusses DOL proposed disclosure requirements for fiduciaries in participant-directed defined contribution plans.
• DOL Report to Congress on Availability of Computer Modeling for IRAs
  Fri, 29th Aug 2008 15:13 EDT
  
  As directed by Congress in the Pension Protection Act of 2006, the DOL has now issued its report to Congress on the availability of the use of computer modeling for...
• EPCRS Workshop Sponsored by ALI-ABA
  Mon, 25th Aug 2008 10:56 EDT
  
  A workshop featuring Joyce Kahn, head of the IRS' correction program known as EPCRS. Audience members will get the chance to ask their own questions in addition to the questions...

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