http://www.ascensus.com/pressRoom.aspx Ascensus - Latest News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:41:27 GMT Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:41:27 GMT http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=990 December 7, 2009 – Several Democrat and Republican senators have jointly introduced the Lifetime Income Disclosure Act. The purpose of the legislation is to assure that participants ...]]> Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:38:51 GMT LatestNews:990 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=991 December 8, 2009 – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has posted at its website the agency’s fall 2009 agenda describing retirement plan-relat...]]> Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:50:06 GMT LatestNews:991 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=992 December 10, 2009 – The IRS has posted at its website the 2009 tax year Form 8889, Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:39:04 GMT LatestNews:992 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=993 December 10, 2009 – The IRS has issued Announcement 2009-89 in which it describes two upcoming revenue procedures for 403(b) plans. The IRS announcement states that the first re...]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:42:14 GMT LatestNews:993 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=994 December 10, 2009 – Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has introduced a bill, S. 2851, to enhance education savings incentives. The bill would make permanent

• Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:47:08 GMT LatestNews:994 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=995 Dresher, Pennsylvania–December 10, 2009 –Ascensus, a leading retirement plan solutions provider, unveiled a new, streamlined proposal for 2010. By using a presentation-friendl...]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:15:50 GMT LatestNews:995 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1001 December 16, 2009 – Voices in the retirement policy community are communicating the likelihood that Congress may act on automatic payroll-deduction IRA legislation early in 2010, par...]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:03:33 GMT LatestNews:1001 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1003 December 18, 2009 – Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI), reportedly intends to introduce legislation to broaden fiduciary responsibility of target-date (or “life cycle”) mutual fund managers if su...]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:32:49 GMT LatestNews:1003 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1002 December 18, 2009 – The IRS has posted at its website the 2010 Publication 15, (Circular E) Employer’s Tax Guide. This publication has limited relevance to retirement savings ...]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:33:03 GMT LatestNews:1002 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1005 December 23, 2009 – The IRS has released the applicable federal interest rates for January 2010 as posted in Revenue Ruling 2010-01. These rates are used for such purposes as calcula...]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:35:04 GMT LatestNews:1005 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1009 December 28, 2009 – As noted in Latest News last week, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the Heartland Disaster Relief Extension Act of 2009 (S. 2928). The bill would ...]]> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:25:36 GMT LatestNews:1009 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1010 December 30, 2009 – The IRS has posted the 2009 Form 1096, December 30, 2009 – The IRS has also posted an updated December 2009 version of Publi...]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:07:04 GMT LatestNews:1011 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1012 January 4, 2010 – The IRS has posted the 2009 Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business (SEP, SIMPLE and Qualified Plans). This publication contains a general descr...]]> Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:02:18 GMT LatestNews:1012 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1019 January 11, 2010 – The IRS has issued the 2009 Publication 590, Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs). This publication provides general information on the provisions and ...]]> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:02:09 GMT LatestNews:1019 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1020 January 13, 2010 – The IRS has issued the 2009 version of Publication 3, Armed Forces Tax Guide, which addresses tax issues faced by U.S. military personnel.  It contains...]]> Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:47:26 GMT LatestNews:1020 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1022 January 21, 2010 – The IRS has issued Notice 2010-15, Miscellaneous HEART Act Changes, which provides additional guidance relating to certain provisions of the Heroes Earnings...]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:36:38 GMT LatestNews:1022 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1023 January 21, 2010 – The IRS has released the applicable federal interest rates for February 2010 as posted in Revenue Ruling 2010-06. These rates are used for such purposes as calcula...]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:57:57 GMT LatestNews:1023 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1024 January 22, 2010 – An IRS spokesperson (speaking at a conference co-sponsored by the IRS and ASPPA) stated that the IRS hopes to issue sample 403(b) plan prototype language by t...]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:11:54 GMT LatestNews:1024 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1025 January 22, 2010 – An IRS spokesperson indicated this week that the Service is considering a proposal to require interim qualified retirement plan amendments on an alternating y...]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:13:42 GMT LatestNews:1025 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1026 January 22, 2010 – The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of the Feb. 12, 2009, Court of Appeals dismissal of Hecker v. Deere & Company, a lawsuit claim...]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:15:28 GMT LatestNews:1026 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1027 January 26, 2010 – The IRS has issued 2010 Form 1099-Q, Payments from Qualified Education Programs (Under Sections 529 and 530), and Form 5498-ESA, Coverdell ESA Contributi...]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:24:16 GMT LatestNews:1027 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1028 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:34:28 GMT LatestNews:1028 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1030 January 27, 2010 – The IRS has issued the 2009 Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Education.  This publication contains information for taxpayers on the opportunities and ...]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:36:48 GMT LatestNews:1030 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1031 February 2, 2010 – The IRS and Department of Labor have published a request for information (RFI) seeking public comment on whether the agencies can or should attempt to promote life...]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:39:05 GMT LatestNews:1031 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1035 Dresher, Pennsylvania–January 28, 2010–Ascensus, a leading retirement plan solutions provider, bolstered its sales force with an additional Regional Vice President, Josh ...]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:17:40 GMT LatestNews:1035 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1039 February 16, 2010 – The IRS has released the 2010 General Instructions for Certain Information Returns (Forms 1098, 1099, 3921, 3922, 5498, and W-2G) and the 2010 detailed instructio...]]> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:55:56 GMT LatestNews:1039 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1040 February 22, 2010 – The IRS has released the 2010 versions of information returns used to report retirement plan distributions and IRA contributions. The 2010 Forms 1099-R, Distri...]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:05:20 GMT LatestNews:1040 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1042 February 22, 2010 – The IRS has released the applicable federal interest rates for March 2010 as posted in Revenue Ruling 2010-08. These rates are used for such purposes as calculati...]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:40:55 GMT LatestNews:1042 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1043 Brainerd, Minnesota – February 24, 2010 – Ascensus, a leading retirement plan solutions provider, is pleased to announce Ryan Ward, an ERISA Consultant at Ascensus, earned the...]]> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:56:38 GMT LatestNews:1043 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1046 March 2, 2010 – H.R. 4213, legislation passed by the House in December 2009 is now being considered in the Senate. This legislation would extend certain expiring personal and busines...]]> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:41:09 GMT LatestNews:1046 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1047 March 2, 2010 – In a recently issued Annual Report of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class, Vice President Joe Biden describes a theoretically risk-free retirement s...]]> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:41:18 GMT LatestNews:1047 http://www.ascensus.com/news/news.aspx?ID=1045 March 2, 2010 – The Department of Labor (DOL) last week issued new proposed investment advice regulations relating to the provision of investment advice to participants and beneficia...]]> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:41:27 GMT LatestNews:1045