The IRS recently updated its voluntary compliance program for tax-qualified retirement plans. The Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”) allows plan sponsors to correct many operational and plan document errors that otherwise might jeopardize the plan’s tax-qualified status. The updated version of EPCRS appears in Revenue Procedure 2013-12. Plan sponsors will be required to follow the new procedures starting on April 1, but sponsors may choose to rely on the procedures sooner.
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