Annual Fee Disclosure Timing Clarified (article)

Annual Fee Disclosure Timing Clarified (article)

Annual Fee Disclosure Clairified
For several years now, plan sponsors of participant-directed account plans, such as 401(k) plans and 403(b) plans subject to ERISA, have been required to disclose certain plan information to plan participants. Specifically, participants must be provided plan-related information on an annual basis prior to an individual’s ability to make an investment. In addition, plan sponsors must also provide investment-related information to plan participants that identifies performance and benchmarking data together with fees and expenses in comparative format. 

 

There are two types of participant level fee disclosures: one is an annual disclosure and one is a quarterly disclosure.  With regard to the annual disclosure requirement, the DOL’s Employee Benefit Security Administration recently modified the timing of the annual disclosure to permit up to 2-month grace period to furnish the disclosure.  Annual disclosures must be provided at least once in any 14-month period, without regard to whether the plan operates on a calendar-year or fiscal-year basis.   This rule takes effect on June 17, 2015.

 

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Annual Fee Disclosure Timing Clarified (article)The Employee Benefit Security Administration recently modified the timing for the annual participant-level fee disclosures....2015-04-07T14:04:00-05:00The Employee Benefit Security Administration recently modified the timing for the annual participant-level fee disclosures.