In this series of articles, we explore the implications of the long-term, part-time employee rules under the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 and the impact those rules have on employers and their workforces.
Under the SECURE...more
1/25/2024
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In this series of articles, we explore the implications of the long-term, part-time employee rules under the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 and the impact those rules have on employers and their workforces.
Under the SECURE...more
1/25/2024
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SECURE Act
In this series of articles, we explore the implications of the long-term, part-time employee rules under the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 and the impact those rules have on employers and their workforces.
Under the SECURE...more
1/25/2024
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403(b) Plans ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Full-Time Employees ,
IRS ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Retirement Plan ,
SECURE Act
In this series of articles, we explore the implications of the long-term, part-time employee rules under the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 and the impact those rules have on employers and their workforces.
Following the...more
1/25/2024
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Billable Hours ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Full-Time Employees ,
IRS ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Retirement Plan ,
SECURE Act
In this series of articles, we explore the implications of the long-term, part-time employee rules under the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 and the impact those rules have on employers and their workforces.
Together, the SECURE...more
1/24/2024
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Labor Reform ,
New Rules ,
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Regulatory Agenda ,
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In this series of articles, we explore the implications of the long-term, part-time employee rules under the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 and the impact those rules have on employers and their workforces.
Together, the...more
12/29/2023
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New Legislation ,
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Regulatory Reform ,
Required Minimum Distributions ,
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Together, the SECURE Act and the SECURE 2.0 Act feature numerous changes to retirement plan rules that aim to help employees achieve retirement security by ensuring that more workers have access to retirement plans, can save...more
12/20/2023
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New Guidance ,
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced the cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for various employer-sponsored retirement and welfare plans for 2024. Certain health and welfare plan limits...more
11/2/2023
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Yahoo! Let’s celebrate—the IRS gave us more time! On August 25, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service announced an administrative transition period that effectively delays the deadline for adding Roth catch-up contributions...more
In this series of articles, we explore the implications of SECURE 2.0’s changes to catch-up contributions and how employers should respond. Yahoo! Let’s celebrate—the IRS gave us more time! Earlier today, the Internal...more
In this series of articles, we explore the implications of SECURE 2.0’s changes to catch-up contributions and how employers should respond.
In an open letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner...more
In this series of articles, we explore the implications of SECURE 2.0’s changes to catch-up contributions and how employers should respond.
The SECURE 2.0 Act requires participants who earned more than $145,000 in FICA...more
Cryptocurrencies and digital assets—such as bitcoin, ether and non-fungible tokens (NFTs)—have become some of the hottest investment products in recent years. The growing interest has inevitably led to retirement plan...more
4/1/2022
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced the cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for retirement plans for 2022. Most of the dollar limits currently in effect for 2021 will increase, with...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced the cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for various employer-sponsored retirement and welfare plans for 2021. Nearly all of the dollar limits...more
A bill titled Jumpstarting Our Businesses’ Success Credit Act of 2020, which would make significant changes to the employee retention tax credits available under the CARES Act, is currently under consideration in the US House...more
The IRS recently announced the cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for various employer-sponsored retirement and welfare plans for 2020. Nearly all of the dollar limits currently in effect for 2019 will...more
11/7/2019
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Defined Benefit Plans ,
Employee Benefits ,
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Beginning September 1, 2019, the IRS is expanding its retirement plan determination letter program to apply to certain individually designed statutory hybrid and merged plans. Employers sponsoring hybrid plans not previously...more
The IRS recently announced the cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for various employer-sponsored retirement and welfare plans for 2019. Although some of the dollar limits currently in effect for 2018...more
On Monday, November 27, 2017, the Social Security Administration announced that the it is lowering the maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax for 2018 to $128,400. The Social Security Administration...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced the cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for various employer-sponsored retirement and welfare plans for 2018. Although some of the dollar limits...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Notice 2015-86, which provides some additional clarification, in the form of questions and answers, on the treatment of same-sex spouses under tax-qualified retirement plans...more
The availability of annuity options under defined contribution plans has increased in recent years due to the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans. Fiduciaries, however, are often concerned with potential...more
9/2/2015
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Statute of Limitations
On May 18, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruled that an employer’s wholly owned captive insurance subsidiary could reinsure the employer’s retiree medical benefit risks and still qualify as insurance for federal tax...more
The Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2014-19 and a set of Frequently Asked Questions on April 4, 2014, clarifying certain retroactive retirement plan implications of the Supreme Court’s Windsor ruling. The guidance...more