A searchable database of questions and responses on technical & regulatory retirement topics
This library, exclusively available to CCA members, provides Q&As on technical and regulatory retirement topics. The library includes all the questions and answers from the historical Gray Books (pension questions to IRS), Blue Books (questions to PBGC) and Green Books (pension questions to DOL), including annotations to direct you to subsequent developments that would affect the answer. The questions are categorized by topic, and you can also find questions by searching on key words.
Have a question?
The CCA has developed (and will continue to develop) a library of new questions and answers, titled the Orange Book. The federal agencies no longer participate in producing the Gray, Blue and Green Books, but questions that cannot be clearly answered by existing agency guidance exist. In addition, there are questions for which some guidance does exist, but for which discussion of the issues and available guidance may be useful to our members.
The Orange Book provides Q&As addressing questions you may have, with potential answers. The rationale/support for the answers, including potential alternative answers, is provided by the experienced members of the CCA's Pension Actuarial Resource Committee. The federal agencies have no involvement in the Orange Book and the answers provided do not in any sense represent official guidance, the views of the CCA or of the employers of the members of the Pension Actuarial Resource Committee. Nevertheless, the answers represent the views of experienced practitioners, and we believe that discussion of these topics will be helpful to our members.
CCA has posted the first set of Orange Book Q&As, which is labelled Orange Book. The Orange Book includes 39 Q&As.
Have a question?
If you would like to submit a question for consideration for our next set of Q&As please complete the form to the right or send us an email. If submitting by email, please include "Orange Book Question" in the subject line.