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		<title>What Are §412(i) Plans, Anyway?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As noted, as of January 1, 2008, §412(i) has been replaced by §412(e)(3), although it is likely that fully-insured defined benefit pension plans will continue to be referred to by the former subsection for some time to come.Section 412 of the Internal revenue Code generally establishes minimum funding standards for qualified retirement plans, and paragraph [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ufgp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10065419&amp;post=143&amp;subd=ufgp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I have heard that §412(i) pension plans are no longer viable. Is this true?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a word, no. There has been confusion on this issue in two regards. The first is a mere technical issue, and is not substantive.  Prior to January 1, 2008, so-called fully-insured pension plans were authorized and defined under IRC subsection 412(i).  Effective on that date,  §412(i) was deleted from the Internal Revenue Code and replaced [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ufgp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10065419&amp;post=138&amp;subd=ufgp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UFG is celebrating 20 years with a whole new look.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New logo, website and even a blog. We have just launched our new Website and added a blog &#8220;From the Field&#8221;. Hope you enjoy all the new features, news and information. So join in, we want to hear what you have to say. Thanks for visiting and stay tuned to see what else is new.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ufgp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10065419&amp;post=89&amp;subd=ufgp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Fresh Look at Collective Bargaining:  A Winning Situation for All</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Then and Now In the early part of the 20th Century, American workers were largely employed in heavy industry where working conditions were often unfair, unhealthy, and unsafe. As a result, unions and the collective bargaining process evolved as a means of addressing employee rights and protecting their interests.The American workplace has changed dramatically since [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ufgp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10065419&amp;post=75&amp;subd=ufgp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When is it Ok to Create a Separate Entity From an Existing Entity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jones works for a practice with 7 other partners. He has some ownership. He also has income from consulting work he does outside of the practice...enough income that he'd like to establish a retirement plan and/or SEWP.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ufgp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10065419&amp;post=19&amp;subd=ufgp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Can’t My Company Tax-Deduct The Death Benefit Cost in SEWP?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good question. In October, 2007, the IRS published Notices 2007-83 and 84, together with the Treasury Department’s Revenue Ruling 2007-65.  Notice 2007-83 challenged a variety of so-called welfare benefit plans marketed as single-employer plans, that in one way or another attempted to justify employer deductions for premiums paid on cash value life insurance in plans [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ufgp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10065419&amp;post=8&amp;subd=ufgp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can a SEWP include benefits in addition to Post-retirement Life and Medical?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer to this question is a bit more complex than it seems the question would imply.  SEWP is the trade name under which UFG markets its single employer welfare benefits plan, and specifically provides for the funding of post-retirement life and medical benefits as authorized under IRC §419A(c)(2).  So it would appear simple and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ufgp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10065419&amp;post=3&amp;subd=ufgp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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