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Governmental Plans Answer Book
Written by a team of practicing experts, preeminent in their fields, this book takes the reader step-by-step through the various laws that govern such plans. For those practitioners with private plan experience who wish to work with governmental plans, it compares the regulation of the two types of plans. The authors' systematically answer hundreds of questions and provide an invaluable reference for investment advisors, plan administrators, attorneys, actuaries, and accountants. This book will also serve those institutions that promote, market, service, or provide technical support to retirement plans, products, and related services.
The Second Edition has been revised to include the most up-to-date developments in the area, including:
- New staggered cycle for requesting IRS determination letters on qualified plans
- Automatic rollover requirements in the absence of a participant election
- New regulations under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- New requirements for annuities involving cost-of-living changes or other payments that vary over time
- New flexibility to allow for terminations of tax-sheltered annuity or custodial account (403(b)) plans
- Options for governmental plans that have not been timely amended for legislative changes
- Updated figures on the range and level of public pension assets
- Key statistics on the nation’s largest public retirement systems
- Detailed information on the composition of public retirement system boards of trustees
- Summary employee and employer contribution rate information
- Latest information on public pension funding levels
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