The Internal Revenue Service today released new materials, including a CD-ROM, to help small businesses and plan administrators understand how to keep employee retirement plans eligible for tax-favored status. The materials include a nifty CD-ROM containing a reference guide to the correction programs offered to plan sponsors by the IRS, the U.S. Department of Labor and the PBGC. The CD-ROM can be accessed in an online form here and is entitled the “Retirement Plans Correction Programs Online Resource Guide.” Highlights of the CD-ROM’s contents:
- IRS Revenue Procedure 2003-44, which sets forth the procedures relating to the IRS’s correction programs, and a linked in-depth topical index
- A plain-language explanation of the IRS’s retirement plan correction programs and procedures, with links to definitions and relevant sections of Revenue Procedure 2003-44
- Video clips explaining the need for ongoing retirement plan self-audit programs and available correction programs
- A “Guide to Common Qualification Requirements” to help employers understand their responsibilities under the law
- Examination Guidelines
- Links to the IRS, DOL and PBGC web sites
- Frequently asked questions on IRS and DOL correction programs
- Frequently asked questions on IRA-Based Plans (SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE)