As a current member of NIPA, you know the value NIPA brings to your career and business. The educational resources, networking opportunities and up-to-date information regarding the retirement plan industry are all unparalleled in the industry. 

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The latest Quarterly Qualified Plan Update
is now available! 

 

NIPA's newest offering to members, the Quarterly Qualified Plan Update, provides access to quarterly Webcasts with unbiased commentary from Integrated Retirement Initiatives (IRI) on the retirement plan industry's top issues. Topics include legislative updates, IRS guidance, Department of Labor activity, court cases and more.

 

Additionally, your subscription includes a quarterly written summary that you can customize with your logo and share with your clients, prospects and other advisors. This valuable marketing tool allows you to build and strengthen relationships with your key audiences as this service reinforces your practice as the source for the most current information on retirement topics.

 

To view a sample quarterly update, click here.

 

Members may purchase an annual subscription - four quarterly Webcasts and written summaries - for $500. Nonmembers can purchase an annual subscription for $995 that includes NIPA membership.

 

The latest quarterly update is now available. Click here to subscribe. Be sure to login to receive member pricing.

 

For more information, visit www.nipa.org today.

 

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The IRS Employee Plans Compliance Unit has begun its Form 5500 Non-Filer Project to "promote compliance" with the Form 5500 filing requirements.   The unit is sending letters to plan sponsors that were required to file one of the forms in the 5500 series but did not do so for plan years ending in 2010 or later.  In addition to prompting compliance with the filing requirements, a project goal is to identify the "underlying causes" for the filing failures and to make recommendations "for removing impediments to compliance."     

 

To read the full article, click here. 

Reprinted with permission from 401(k) Advisor. 

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