Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A 90-minute TeleConference/Live Audio Webcast
1:00-2:30 pm ET / 12:00-1:30 pm CT / 11:00 am-12:30 pm MT / 10:00 am-11:30 am PT
The Pension Protection Act raises a myriad of questions requiring resolution by the IRS, DOL, and PBGC, and directs those agencies to issue key pieces of guidance to complete implementation of the Act. We will hear about the agencies’ strategy for satisfying this prodigious need for guidance.
Topics to be discussed include:
· Guidance Priorities for the IRS, DOL, and PBGC
· Resolution of Effective Date Ambiguities
· Guidance Expected by Year End 2006
· Status of Technical Corrections
Moderator:
John L. Utz, Utz, Miller & Kuhn LLC, Overland Park, KS
Panelists:
Robert Doyle, Director, Office of Regulations and Interpretations, EBSA, US Department of Labor, Washington, DC
John H. Hanley, Director, Legislative and Regulatory Department, PBGC, Washington, DC
William K. Bortz, Associate Benefits Tax Counsel, US Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC