📈Proposed Amendments for RBC and Northern Trust PTEs Explained
The Department of Labor (the Department) is proposing to extend the effective periods of PTEs 2016-10 (granted to RBC) and 2016- 11 (granted to Northern), which currently are scheduled to expire on March 4, 2025, for up to six months if RBC and Northern meet certain conditions. The proposed amendment to PTE 2016-10 is referred to herein as the RBC Proposed QPAM Amendment, and the proposed amendment to PTE 2016-11 is referred to herein as the Northern Proposed QPAM Amendment.
Learn More⚖️Northern QPAMs' Exemption Proposal
This document provides notice of the pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed individual exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). The proposed exemption would allow certain entities with specified relationships to Northern Trust Fiduciary Services (Guernsey) Limited (NTFS) (hereinafter, the Northern QPAMs, as further defined in section I(e) of the operative language) to rely on the exemptive relief provided by Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (PTE 84-14 or the QPAM Exemption), notwithstanding the judgment of conviction (the Conviction) against NTFS for aiding and abetting tax fraud entered in France in the Paris Court of Appeal, French Special Prosecutor No. 1120392066, French Investigative Judge No. JIRSIF/11/12.
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