Treasury Issues Final Mortality Table Rule

ERIC is pleased the Department of Treasury took into account a number of the requested changes listed in our comment letters, including flexibility for the plan sponsor to potentially delay for one year the use of the new mortality tables for purposes of satisfying minimum funding standards

ERIC Comments to AICPA

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) are pleased to respond to the request by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) for comments regarding the Proposed Statement on Auditing Standards, Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements of Employee Benefits Plans Subject to ERISA (Proposal)

Tax Reform Must Preserve Employer-Sponsored Benefits

ERIC appreciates that the Republicans’ United Framework for Tax Reform encourages retirement security and is hopeful that as lawmakers move forward crafting legislation, they will preserve the pre-tax treatment of employer-sponsored benefits

Who’s Working for You?: ERIC

ERIC is the first organization in PLANSPONSOR’s new series that profiles industry groups that work for retirement and health plan sponsors

ERIC Letter to OIRA on Delaying Implementation of Mortality Tables

ERIC respectfully requests that the agency take at least the entire 90 days permitted under Executive Order 12866 to ensure that the Proposed Treasury Rule on Mortality Tables for Determining Present Value Under Defined Benefit Pension Plans (RIN: 1545-BM71) is considered carefully and completely given its significant economic impact, and that it delay its implementation to January 1, 2020