Tag: "Tax Reform"
Washington Update: Tax Reform Rearing Its Head Again
(May 2, 2013)—ASPPA CEO Brian Graff explains how the upcoming debt ceiling deadline and the impending retirement of Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) could trigger the full bore tax reform effort for which the industry has been bracing.
34th Annual Telly Awards Honor ASPPA’s “Save My 401k” Campaign
The “Save My 401k” campaign developed by ASPPA and Beekeeper Group has won a Bronze Telly Award for recognition as industry leaders in media innovation. The judging committee has placed the animation in the upper echelon of nearly 12,000 submissions, covering a wide range of advertising agencies, television stations, and corporate video departments from around the world.
Tax Reform Should Not Harm Main Street’s Retirement Plan
Brian H. Graff, CEO of ASPPA talks about new research estimates that show retirement tax incentives benefit American workers.
Plan Consultant Releases Spring 2013 Issue
In the cover story of Plan Consultant magazine, Cleo Chang, managing director and head of Wilshire
Funds Management’s Investment Research Group, discusses recent developments in Baby Boomers’ retirement-preparedness strategies and how their actions will impact the economy.
Coalition to Protect Retirement Strongly Supports Sense of the Congress Resolution on Retirement Savings
ASPPA joins the Coalition to Protect Retirement in support of the bipartisan Sense of the Congress resolution to maintain current incentives for retirement savings.
Washington Update: Obama’s Budget is a Retirement Plan Killer
ASPPA CEO Brian Graff slams two provisions in the President’s FY 2014 budget proposal. The first of these two “retirement plan clunkers” in the budget would result in double taxation of 401(k) plan contributions. The second “clunker” is the new $3 million lifetime aggregate cap on DC plans and IRAs.
Obama Budget Slams Small Business Retirement Plans
“We were very concerned when last year’s budget included a double tax on contributions to 401(k) plans. Small business owners earning over $250,000 would have to pay tax on contributions in the year the contributions are made then pay tax at the full rate when contributions are distributed at retirement. We were hoping this misguided proposal would be eliminated in this year’s budget, but instead the Administration has kept the double tax proposal, and added another penalty for retirement savings.
Raid on Your Retirement
ASPPA’s Director of Retirement Policy Judy Miller joins “The Willis Report” on Fox Business Channel to discuss how Obama’s proposed budget savings cap would penalize savers and be a retirement plan killer.
Recap from the Legal Roundtable
Leading ERISA lawyers, David Levine (Groom Law Group), Marcia S. Wagner (The Wagner Law Group) and Fred Reish (Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP) discussed today’s hottest legal topics from their diverse perspectives and with their unique methods of communication.
From the Hill to the SUMMIT
Brian Graff, Executive Director/CEO of ASPPA and NAPA, joined a high-level Congressional staffer to discuss tax reform, the definition of fiduciary regulation and the Harkin proposal.
