Disclosures, Notices, and Filing Requirements for Your Retirement Plan

Tuesday, September 18, 2018  10:00 am - 11:00 am PST

In today’s ever-changing regulatory environment, it is critically important for HR and Benefits professionals to be well informed about the basic requirements of ERISA. ERISA requires certain communications to participants as well as regulating government agencies, each with its own particular requirements. We will clarify the various disclosures and notices to be provided to employees along with the deadlines throughout the year to provide the notices.  We will also discuss other retirement plan deadlines and filing requirements.

Specific Topics will include:

• Deadlines for Plan and Participant Level Notices
• Delivery requirements for notices
• What should be included in a Notice
• Reporting Deadlines for your Retirement Plan

Theresa Conti, QKA, APR, ERPA

President at Sunwest Pensions

Theresa Conti has spent the last 20 plus years working with clients to achieve the maximum from their retirement plans. Theresa has spent her career working at firms such as William M. Mercer, Inc. and Bisys Qualifed Plan Services in Pennsylvania before moving to Arizona in 1994. Theresa continued her career with Universal Pensions, Inc. before founding Sunwest Pensions in 1998. 

Theresa and her highly skilled team at Sunwest Pensions work to create the best retirement plan and provide excellence in service to our clients. Theresa holds a QKA (Qualified 401(k) Administrator) designation with ASPPA and an APR designation with NIPA. In 2011, she also earned her Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent (ERPA) designation with the IRS.

Theresa was a member of the Board of Directors of NIPA and was President for 18 months during 2007 through 2008. Theresa spent six years as a board member with the Arizona Chapter of NIPA, including serving three years as President. Theresa has also worked with NIPA’s Annual Conference Committee for three years, served as it’s Chairperson for the 2003 conference, and has served on the Chapter Leadership Task Force. Theresa also worked in conjunction with NIPA, ASPPA and the IRS on Circular 230 and the ERPA Licensing Program. In 2016, Theresa was awarded NIPA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her service to the industry.

Continuing Ed:

2 CE for AIF Certification (pending)

2 CE for ASPPA certifications

2 CEC for NIPA certifications

2 CPE for CEBS

2 CE for JBEA

2 hour MCLE for California attorneys

2 hours for California CPAs

2 hours for Certified Financial Planners  (pending)

2 hour for ERPA and Enrolled Agents