This committee focuses on all employee benefit issues: health care, pension and retirement plans, and other employer-provided benefits, as well as public programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
This committee focuses on all employee benefit issues: health care, pension and retirement plans, and other employer-provided benefits, as well as public programs such as Social Security and Medicare. The committee has a Retirement Plans Subcommittee, a Healthcare Regulatory Task Force, and Health Insurer Council, which consider these issues in more detail than the full committee.
January 26, 2021 Submitted Electronically Via Federal Rulemaking Portal: www.regulations.govAttention: CMS -5528 -IFCCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesP.O. Box 8013Baltimore , MD 21244 -8013 RE: Most Favored Nations (MFN); Interim Final Rule
Although short in length, Section 3608 of the CARES Act is a powerful tool for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension plans. Congress recognized that in these uncertain times, employers were facing a dilemma: make pension contributions (for obligations that won’t be due in years) or make payroll and other short term costs.
On October 14th, the Congressional Research Service released a report regarding policy options for multiemployer defined benefit plans. Please use the link above to read the full report.
Edward KillenActing CommissionerTax Exempt and Governmental Entities Division999 N. Capitol Street, NWWashington, DC 20224 Carol WeiserBenefits Tax CounselU.S. Department of the Treasury1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20220
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Office of Regulatiosn and Interpretations,Employee Benefit Security AdministrationRoom N-5655U.S. Department of Labor200 Constitution Avenue NWWashington, DC 20201Re: Registration Requirements for Pooled Plan Providers, RIN 1210-AB94
“The most threatening issue to our company’s survival beyond 2020 may not be the pandemic, oil shocks, or civil unrest, but the failure to support and reform the multiemployer pension system.”
September 2, 2020 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, SpeakerU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Majority LeaderU.S. SenateWashington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority LeaderU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, D.C. 20515
Mr. Stephen TackneyDeputy Associate Chief CounselTax Exempt and Government Entities [TE/GE]Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (Employee Benefits, Exempt Organizations, and EmploymentTaxes)Internal Revenue Service1111 Constitution Ave NWWashington, DC 20224 RE: Contribution Due Date Under CARES ACT Section 360 8 Dear Mr. Tackney:
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Comments to the IRS ON Relief Related to Health Coverage Reporting Required by Sections 6055 and 6056
Internal Revenue ServiceAttn: CC:PA:LPD:PR (Notice 2020 -76) Room 5203P.O. Box 7604Ben Franklin StationWashington, D.C. 20044 RE: Notice 2020 -76 Transition Relief Related to Health Coverage Reporting Required bySections 6055 and 6056 for 2020 To Whom It May Concern: