John Carl

Case of the Week: Roth IRA vs. Designated Roth IRA

By John Carl | 5/5/2015

The ERISA consultants at the Learning Center Resource Desk, which is available through Columbia Threadneedle Investments, regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with an advisor in... READ MORE

Case of the Week: State-Sponsored Retirement Plan Proposals

By John Carl | 4/28/2015

ERISA consultants at the Learning Center Resource Desk, which is available through Columbia Threadneedle Investments, regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with a financial advisor in Texas... READ MORE

Case of the Week: Investment Advice Fiduciary

By John Carl | 4/22/2015

Case of the Week: Top 11 IRS Plan Compliance Concerns

By John Carl | 4/14/2015

Case of the Week: Appointing an ERISA 3(38) Investment Manager

By John Carl | 4/7/2015

ERISA consultants at the Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with a financial advisor in Tennessee is representative of a question we commonly receive related... READ MORE

Case of the Week: RMDs for 401(k)s

By John Carl | 3/17/2015

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with an advisor in Connecticut is representative of a common... READ MORE

Case of the Week: DB Plan Annual Funding Notices

By John Carl | 3/3/2015

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with a financial advisor in Wisconsin is representative of a... READ MORE

Case of the Week: Undoing a 401(k)-to-Roth IRA Conversion

By John Carl | 2/24/2015

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with a financial advisor in Maine is representative of a... READ MORE

Case of the Week: What’s a 10b5-1 Plan?

By John Carl | 2/18/2015

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with a financial advisor in Massachusetts is representative of... READ MORE

Case of the Week: The Automatic IRA Act of 2015

By John Carl | 2/11/2015

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with an advisor in Idaho is representative of a common inquiry... READ MORE

Case of the Week: What’s a QROPS?

By John Carl | 2/3/2015

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. They recently received a call from an advisor in Illinois about a British... READ MORE

Case of the Week: 2015 Retirement-Related Tax Proposals

By John Carl | 1/20/2015

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with an advisor in Missouri addressed federal tax reform tax... READ MORE

Case of the Week: Strategies for Traditional-to-Roth IRA Conversions

By John Carl | 1/13/2015

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with an advisor in Minnesota is representative of a common... READ MORE

Case of the Week: Don’t Forget Retirement Plan Tax Credits for 2014

By John Carl | 1/6/2015

Case of the Week: Qualified Charitable Distributions Restored for 2014

By John Carl | 12/23/2014

President Obama has signed into law H.R. 5771, legislation that restores qualified charitable distributions for 2014. We’ve updated our Case of the Week post on the QCD situation, originally published in November. The updated post is here. The Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center... READ MORE

Case of the Week: Electronic Delivery of Plan Participant Notices

By John Carl | 12/17/2014

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with a financial advisor in Minnesota is representative of a... READ MORE

Case of the Week: Salary Deferral Elections for the Self-Employed

By John Carl | 12/9/2014

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with a financial advisor in Nevada is representative of a... READ MORE

Case of the Week: What is a 3(16) Plan Administrator?

By John Carl | 12/1/2014

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with a financial advisor in the Southeast/Mid-Atlantic region... READ MORE

Case of the Week: Obtaining ERISA Fidelity Bonds

By John Carl | 11/24/2014

The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs and qualified retirement plans. A recent call with a financial advisor in New York is representative of a... READ MORE

Case of the Week: IRA Distributions and Charitable Organizations

By John Carl | 11/17/2014

Editor's Note: This post has been updated to reflect the enactment of H.R 5771, which reinstated QCDs for 2014. The ERISA consultants at the Columbia Management Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to... READ MORE

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