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Avoid Using the 5500 Extension
Some brokers do not want to use the Form 5558, the extension for the Form 5500 that prolongs the deadline by an additional two-and-a-half months. They believe that by using the extension, they have failed their clients. Many others and...
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What Has Made a Huge Impact?
Wrangle’s 2020 Enhanced Dashboard On February 3rd Wrangle rolled out the enhanced Dashboard for our brokers and direct clients. It has wowed even our toughest critics. Read below for the reasons why the transformation was made, what has changed, and what has...
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Important Status Updates on the 2020 CHIPRA Notice
Message from Wrangle: Wrangle has started 2020 with the focus on Plan Documents and other ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Requirements. Our ERISA Desk department, which focuses on these aspects, has seen scores of questions and inquiries come its way and wanted to bring the information to the blog for all...
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2020 Legislative Updates
By: Emily Marr Surprise! The SECURE Act is not just for Pension Plans, and the annual increase of civil penalties for Health & Welfare plans have been released. NEW LAWS The same Appropriations bill that brought us the SECURE Act includes provisions that plan sponsors...
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Wrangle Raises the Bar on the Wrap Plan Documents
By: Emily Marr The Must-Needed 3-Points to Know: 1. An ERISA attorney reviews our wraparound plan document templates prior to each new calendar year. Every year, we perform a full legal review of our wraparound plan document templates to ensure our documents are up-to-date with...
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What to Expect for the 2019 Form 5500, PCORI Fee and Wrangle’s Dashboard
We want to give you a jump start on 2020 by learning what the DOL has in place for the 2019 Form 5500, as well as what we have in store for Wrangle’s Dashboard 2.0 model. 2019 Form 5500 At a time when...
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Wrangle Welcomes New Sales Consultant, Elaine Harvey
Wrangle’s story goes back to 2006, when two broker executives realized the value of outsourcing health and welfare Form 5500s. Since then, Wrangle, through mostly word of mouth, grew beyond all expectations, preparing over 155,000 Form 5500s to date. Not stopping there,...
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Being Better Prepared for 2020
From time to time, Wrangle will invite a fellow Ascensus company to bring its expertise on various employee benefit attributes to the table. The purpose of these blogs is to provide an additional source of information to you, while...
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Benefit Trends that Affect 5500s
Voluntary Benefits, such as critical illness, are no longer the only way Employers are expanding benefits options for employees. To prevent stagnation, employers are diving into new territories that may need to be included in the Form 5500 reports. Recently, brokers have...
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