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Join the Sacramento Chapter of the Western Benefits & Pension Council
Are You Ready to Support Your Retirement Plans with the Changes that are Coming?
Disaster Relief and 5500 Changes
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5th Circuit Decision on the Fiduciary Rule
Presentation by Derrin Watson:
Californians have suffered mightily under wildfires and mudslides in the last year. We will cover the three major categories of retirement plan relief which apply to these disasters, "normal" disaster declaration relief, special IRS hardship rules, and Congressional disaster distribution relief.
Then we will look at the DOL's 777-page proposal to rewrite Form 5500. Almost every element of the form will be changed, and now with political leadership in place at the DOL, we can expect to see those changes back on the table. We'll highlight the proposal, showing you the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Our Speaker: S. Derrin Watson, JD, APM
S. Derrin Watson, JD, APM, is an independent ERISA attorney and educator in Santa Barbara, California with over 37 years of experience in dealing with retirement plans. In addition to his solo practice, Mr. Watson is of counsel to the Ferenczy Benefits Law Center. Previously, Mr. Watson worked with FIS with their Relius line of educational programs and products and before that was the tax partner of a law firm in Beverly Hills. He spends much of the year traveling to present seminars, and in 2016 delivered over 75 web seminars.
He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from BYU and in 1980 he graduated from UCLA Law School. He has been involved with qualified plans since 1977 and had his first case involving controlled groups shortly thereafter. He has maintained a strong interest in this area ever since and has become the leading authority on controlled group, affiliated service group, and leased employee issues. He authored the first edition of Who’s the Employer in 1998, and has recently completed the 7th edition. He lectures frequently for ASPPA and other professional organizations. In 2006, ASPPA awarded Derrin its Educator’s Award for his work in providing professional education to plan practitioners.
Derrin is a Senior Editor of the Journal of Pension Benefits and has authored the “Who’s the Employer” column on the BenefitsLink web site.
Derrin and his wife, Julene recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. They have two sons and four grandchildren. Derrin is known for punctuating his retirement plan presentations with humor and the occasional parody.
Raffle prize for paid attendance to the new annual conference partnership for 2018!
WP&BC and NIPA (National Institute of Pension Administrators) jointly will host the NAFE (NIPA Annual Forum and Expo) at The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas on May 20-23. WP&BC will expand NAFE’s already robust retirement-focused conference agenda to include other benefits topics including Health and Welfare and Executive Compensation topics. Extensive networking opportunities will be available in the evenings and throughout the day, along with an exhibit hall for sponsors.
Continuing Education:
- 2 hours for California CPAs
- 2 CE for ASPPA certifications
- 2 CE for NIPA certifications
- 2 hours for Certified Financial Planners, CFP
- 2 CE for JBEA
- 2 hours MCLE for California attorneys
- 2 CPE for CEBS
- 2 hour for Enrolled Retirement Plan Agents and Enrolled Agents, ERPA
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For more information, please contact Kathy Cannon, WP&BC Sacramento President, by email at kathyc@benefit-resources.com.
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