Ascensus - Latest News http://www.ascensus.com/pressRoom.aspx Ascensus - Latest News Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:33:34 GMT Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:33:34 GMT House Passes Tax Extenders Legislation http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1084 June 1, 2010 – The House of Representatives passed H.R. 4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010, better known as the tax provision extenders bill, on Friday, Ma...]]> Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:45:37 GMT LatestNews:1084 Bill Seeks to Repeal Health Care Reform Law and Enhance HSAs http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1083 June 1, 2010 – U.S. House of Representatives Republican leadership has introduced a bill (H.R. 5424) that would repeal the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...]]> Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:45:49 GMT LatestNews:1083 Tax Extenders Bill Adds 401(k) Fee Disclosure http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1090 June 8, 2010 – In a move not widely anticipated, House and Senate leaders have combined tax extenders legislation with what appear to be core provisions of a 401(k) fee disclosure bi...]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:11:58 GMT LatestNews:1090 Residents of Connecticut Get Belated Tax Deadline Relief http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1087 June 8, 2010 – The IRS has issued news release CT-2010-35, in which certain Connecticut residents are granted retroactive deadline relief as a result of severe storms and flooding in...]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:12:06 GMT LatestNews:1087 Oklahoma Tax Deadline Storm Relief Expanded http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1088 June 8, 2010 – The IRS has updated previously issued news release OK-2010-06, which granted tax-related deadline relief to certain citizens of Oklahoma in the wake of severe storms, ...]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:12:14 GMT LatestNews:1088 No Within-the-Plan Roth Conversions in Tax Extenders Bill http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1086 June 8, 2010 ,The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 (H.R. 4213), the tax extenders bill being debated in Congress, still awaits a Senate vote sometime after lawmake...]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:12:24 GMT LatestNews:1086 IRS Clarifies 2010 Roth IRA Conversion/Plan Rollover Tax Treatment http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1089 June 8, 2010 – Traditional IRA holders converting assets to Roth IRA status and retirement plan participants rolling over plan assets to Roth IRAs in 2010 can elect two-year ratable ...]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:12:33 GMT LatestNews:1089 DOL Issues Regulations on Timing and Order of QDROs http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1091

June 10, 2010 – The IRS has posted a January 2010-dated Form 5300 Schedule Q, Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:32:04 GMT LatestNews:1092 In-House Asset Manager PTE Amendment Proposed http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1094 June 14, 2010 – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has published a proposed amendment to prohibited transaction exemption PTE 96-23. This PTE ...]]> Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:03:13 GMT LatestNews:1094 Senate Seeking Vote on Extenders Bill by Week’s End http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1096 June 15, 2010 – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) yesterday filed a motion to invoke cloture on H.R. 4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act. If the motion rec...]]> Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:10:58 GMT LatestNews:1096 PTE Guidance on Plan Litigation Settlements http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1095 June 15, 2010 – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has published in today’s Federal Register its adoption of an amendment to prohibited...]]> Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:11:07 GMT LatestNews:1095 IRS Issues New Traditional, Roth, and SIMPLE IRA LRMs http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1097 June 16, 2010 – The IRS has posted at its website new Listing of Required Modifications (LRMs) for Traditional, Roth, and SIMPLE (employee level) IRA documents. This “boilerplate” IR...]]> Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:35:27 GMT LatestNews:1097 Ascensus Aligns with Academy Benefit Partners to Broaden 401(k) Distribution in Medical Field http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1103 Dresher, Pennsylvania–June 23, 2010–Ascensus has partnered with ENT Resources, Inc. (ENTRI), the for-profit subsidiary of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck ...]]> Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:26:39 GMT LatestNews:1103 Ascensus and NAFCU Services Provide Free Podcast On New Roth Conversion Rules http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1111 BRAINERD, MN – July 8, 2010 – Ascensus today announced the availability of an educational audio podcast, “Roth Conversions – Why Should I Convert?” The podcast was created wit...]]> Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:34:16 GMT LatestNews:1111 DOL Fee Disclosure Regulations Available http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1115 July 16, 2010 – The Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published in today’s Federal Register the interim final regulations on fee disclosure ...]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:25:47 GMT LatestNews:1115 SEC Proposes 12b-1 Fee Changes http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1119 July 22, 2010 – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued proposed rule changes that would replace “rule 12b-1” under the Investment Company Act.  Rule 12b-1 ...]]> Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:41:08 GMT LatestNews:1119 IRS Grants Kentucky Disaster-Related Deadline Relief http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1120 July 27, 2010 – The IRS has issued news release IN-10-91, announcing tax-related deadline relief being granted to Pike County, Kentucky, as a result of storms, flooding, and mudslide...]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:11:58 GMT LatestNews:1120 Higher FDIC, NCUA Insurance Limits Made Permanent http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1126 August 11, 2010 – The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act recently signed into law in July 2010 contains a provision making permanent a temporary increase in ma...]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:21:25 GMT LatestNews:1126 Automatic IRA Senate Bill Introduced http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1124 August 9, 2010 – Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) has introduced the Automatic IRA Act of 2010 (S. 3760), which is legislation intended to encourage saving by taxpayers whose employers do n...]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:36:30 GMT LatestNews:1124 House Version of Automatic IRA Bill Introduced http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1127 August 12, 2010 – Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) has introduced H.R. 6099, the Automatic IRA Act of 2010. It is a companion bill to S. 3760, a bill of the same name recently introduced ...]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:48:17 GMT LatestNews:1127 September 2010 Federal Interest Rates http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1128 August 19, 2010 –The IRS has issued Revenue Ruling 2010-20, containing prescribed federal rates for September. These rates are used for such purposes as calculating retirement arrang...]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:15:01 GMT LatestNews:1128 DOL Seeks Extension of QDIA and Plan Loan Information Collection http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1129 August 23, 2010 – Today’s Federal Register contains requests by the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) for an extension of authority to con...]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:33:34 GMT LatestNews:1129