Retirement

The Academy’s Retirement Practice Council (RPC) is a trusted source of expertise for policymakers and regulators tackling important policies regarding Social Security, public and private pension plans, other retirement benefits and investment strategies, and related lifetime security policy issues.

The RPC provides clear and objective technical guidance to help create a future of security and stability for U.S. organizations and retirees.



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Retirement
Multiemployer Pension Plans

Multiemployer Pension Plans

Multiemployer plans’ funding, financial reporting, financial risks, and plan design.
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Pension Accounting and Finance

Pension Accounting and Finance

Financial reporting for retirement plans, including updates from national and international accounting standards bodies, policy changes, and new regulations.
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Public Pension Plans

Public Pension Plans

State and local government employee benefit plans’ funding, financial reporting, financial risks, design, and actuarial standards of practice related to public plans.
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Retirement Policy

Retirement Policy

Long term retirement policy, including the effects of legislation and regulations on retirement benefits, and emerging issues affecting retirement plans.
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Social Security

Social Security

Financial sustainability and other topics related to the Social Security program.
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Retirement Resources

Comment / Letter

Intersector Group Notes from March Meeting with PBGC

Intersector Group notes of its March 2016 meeting with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 06/07/2016
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Comments to FASB on Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans

Pension Accounting Committee comments to the Financial Accounting Standards Board on its exposure draft on changes to the disclosure requirements for defined benefit plans.
Topics: ASB
Date Published: 04/25/2016
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Comments to Treasury and IRS on Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts

Pension Practice Council comments to the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service regarding final regulations concerning Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts (QLACs) and their advantages
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 11/06/2015
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Comment / Letter

Academy Committees Comment on PCAOB Auditor and Specialist Paper

The Financial Reporting Committee, Pension Accounting Committee, Casualty Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting, Health Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee, and Life…
Date Published: 07/15/2015
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Joint Committee on Retiree Health Sends Comment Letter to GASB Regarding Exposure Draft

The Joint Committee on Retiree Health letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board commenting on proposed statements of accounting and financial reporting by governmental employers for other…
Date Published: 08/29/2014
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Public Plans Subcommittee Sends Comment Letter to GASB Regarding Exposure Draft

The Pension Committee’s Public Plans Subcommittee letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board commenting on an Exposure Draft on accounting and financial reporting for pension plans that…
Date Published: 08/29/2014
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Public Plans Subcommittee Sends Comment Letter to GASB Regarding Exposure Draft

The Pension Committee’s Public Plans Subcommittee letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board commenting on an Exposure Draft on accounting and financial reporting for pension plans that…
Date Published: 08/29/2014
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Intersector Group March 2014 Meeting Notes with Treasury, IRS

Intersector Group notes to the Pension Practice Council from its March 2014 meeting with the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/01/2014
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Letter on the Use of Pension Provisions to Offset Other Spending

Pension Practice Council letter to congressional leaders on proposals to raise revenue from the private sector pension system to offset unrelated spending increases
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 04/17/2014
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Letter on Proposals to Extend MAP-21

Pension Finance Task Force letter on proposals to extend the pension funding rules enacted under MAP-21
Date Published: 04/17/2014
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