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2023’s New Features for the Wrangle Form 5500 Dashboard
The Wrangle Dashboard continues to deliver a great approach to entering data for your Form 5500s, and we have now added new enhancements to create an easier experience that continues to be in line with industry and ERISA directions.
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Prospecting with the Form 5500
For those of us familiar with the Form 5500, we have labeled it as a crystal ball for prospecting. It can quickly highlight the prospect’s benefit plan design as well as compliance issues and errors created by the employer before a broker even sets foot into the potential client’s...
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DOL 2023 Penalty Fees
Like clockwork, by January 15th of every year, the Department of Labor releases the annual penalty fees, typically increased to match inflation. Wrangle’s mission is to help you and your client navigate through ERISA compliance to avoid ever reaching these penalties. Here are 2023’s annual penalty fees:
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Wrangle Presents a Free Webinar: Demystifying ERISA Plan Documents and Nondiscrimination Testing 2.0…New Information for 2023
Many Plan Sponsors fail to meet the basic ERISA compliance requirements for Plan Documents and SPDs as well as Nondiscrimination testing. Our goal for 2023 is to build you a foundation in these areas providing you with a sense of certainty....
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Key Notes and Reminders for 2023
When the New Year rings in, there may be a jolt of anxiety as you wonder what needs to be on your radar. To ease your stress, here is a list of what Wrangle monitors for you, key notes to consider, and our upcoming webinar. We will of course...
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Severance Plans and Form 5500s
Companies in the technology industry such as Twitter and Meta (Facebook) have announced major layoffs and are offering severance packages. This raises the question for many - are severance benefits under ERISA reporting and therefore do they potentially have a Form 5500 requirement? The answer all depends on how...
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Wellness Benefits
We have received many inquiries on whether or not Wellness is to be listed in a Plan Document and the Form 5500. There is no blanket response unfortunately since each Wellness plan has unique attributes. As a result, listed below are guidelines to consider. However, the best practice is...
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What’s New with Wrangle’s Wrap Plan Document and SPD
With the announcement of Wrangle moving to the ERISA Plan Documents from our parent company, Ascensus, the question on everyone’s mind is, “What does the new Plan Document offer?” There are two areas that we will highlight in this blog: the Plan Document layout of the material and the...
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Q&A from Wrangle’s National Webinar Demystifying ERISA Wrap Plan Documents & Introducing Wrangle’s New Online Approach for Plan Documents and SPDs
On September 7th, we presented to our broker partners and clients the basics and fundamentals of Wrap Plan Documents and Summary Plan Descriptions (SPDs). In addition, we provided a high-level demo on our new ERISA Desk Platform, an online tool to initiate the preparation of the Wrap Plan Document...
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