With less than a year until the next United States presidential election, Democratic candidates are testing a variety of proposals with voters as they campaign on the primary trail, what's the potenial impact to your tax bill?

This new proposal, which hasn't been updated for seventeen years, would also allow plan administrators to send notices via e-mail as an alternative to posting information to a website. This would be an improvement to the current IRS and DOL requirements, and has a few advantages to plan sponsors and participants.

While it's too early in the upcoming general election to pick winners, it's not too early to consider how various election outcomes may impact your business and taxes.

A quick update from Washington regarding the retirement legislation called the SECURE Act, The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019.

Legislation Would Increase Taxpayer Protections, Require IRS Accountability to Congress, and Modernize IRS Systems

Bipartisan legislation focused on increasing retirement plan coverage by small businesses, expanding IRAs and 529 education savings plans has been advanced in Washington.

Last December I predicted the new Congress which started on January 3, 2019 would be gridlock plus. Well so far it is gridlock without the plus. The plus is my reference to a few policy areas that may attract bipartisan support despite the bitter budget battles in Washington.

The midterm election results of 2018 look a lot like 2011. With the change in power Doug Fisher, Washington Expert covers what we can expect looking ahead to 2019.