COLLECTED WISDOM™ On Q&A Web Sites and Forums
When you need information, some of the most helpful resources available to you can be the large number of Q&A and discussion forums on retirement and other employee benefit issues. We have pulled together what are considered some of the best and most helpful. They are full of good solid answers, and, in the case of the discussion forums, really good places to ask questions of a wide variety of fellow retirement professionals and plan sponsors. Check them out, register and use these great resources.
401khelpcenter.com's own 401k Help Forum - Summary: A good starting place for plan participants and sponsors to get their questions answered.
AHI's Employment Law Benefits Forum - Summary: A number of HR people hang around this forum and can answer many practical questions.
BenefitsLink.com Message Board - Summary: An outstanding discussion forum with over 12,000 registered users and 40,000 messages. Got a specific plan issue? Question? Needs some advise? This is the place to go.
TaxTalk Forum - Summary: Hosted by Kleinrock Publishing who is a leading supplier of tax research solutions helping tax professionals respond quickly and authoritatively to client questions.
BenefitsLink.Com's 401k Plans Q&A Column - Summary: Deals with questions from employers and plan administrators on the design, drafting and administration of 401k plans. Answers are provided by attorneys Stuart Harris, Kurt Linsenmayer, Cheryl Musselman-Brown and Cynthia Van Bogaert.
BenefitsLink.Com's ERISA Q&A Column - Summary: Deals with questions from employers who sponsor pension plans, including 401k's, subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and their advisors. Answers are provided by attorneys Nicholas W. Ferrigno, Jr. and Frank J. Bitzer.
BenefitsLink.Com's Plan Distributions Q&A Column - Summary: Deals with questions involving distributions from tax-favored retirement plans of all kinds, including qualified plans (e.g., 401k plans, defined benefit plans and ESOPs), traditional and Roth individual retirement accounts, and 403(b) tax sheltered annuities. Answers are provided by Dianne Bennett, Peter K. Bradley, Richard W. Kaiser, Edward C. Northwood, Daniel R. Sharpe, Arthur K. Bartlett and Anita Coles Costello, members of the Employee Benefits Practice Group of Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, LLP, a law firm based in Buffalo, NY.
FreeERISA Message Boards - Summary: The boards allow you to contact experts in the field, network with colleagues, and get answers from FreeERISA executives.
Morningstar.Com's Topics Forum - Summary: Looking for a safe haven to discuss investing and related issues? These forums are where you can ask any question no matter how basic, share any idea, and grow as an investor. Morningstar's own staff often participant.
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