2017 Bank Marketing Conference Preview

September 22, 2017

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ABA wrote to the Department of Labor today requesting a 105-day extension on the comment period for the DOL’s proposed revisions to Form 5500 (Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan) that must be filed by all private-sector employers under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code.

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