The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has presented public retirement systems with significant financial challenges that may cause some employers to attempt to disaffiliate or withdraw, leading to disputes about their ability to...more
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has presented public retirement systems with a serious financial challenge. In response ? beyond reducing current retirees’ COLA, which we covered in Part I — plan settlors may seek to reduce...more
On November 1, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the cost-of-living adjustments affecting tax-qualified pension plans for 2019. Most of the general pension limitations, including the limit on annual...more
As 2017 comes to an end, we are happy to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we are publishing our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. Part 1 covered year-end...more
Recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued the updated retirement plan limitations for 2017. IRS Notice 2016-62 sets forth the 2017 limits to amounts that can be deferred under 401(k) plans, 403(b) and 457(b) plans...more
In October, two newly released guidances from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Social Security Administration confirm that the United States cost of living did not increase enough to warrant a cost-of-living adjustment...more
The IRS recently announced cost of living adjustments for 2016. In general, the dollar limitations for retirement plans remained the same. The key dollar amounts are noted below, all of which remain unchanged from 2015....more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued the new 2016 retirement plan limitations. In this announcement, the IRS sets forth the limits of the amounts that can be deferred under 401 (k) plans, 457 (b) plans and the...more
On October 21, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the cost-of-living adjustments impacting tax-qualified pension plans for 2016. The increase in the cost-of-living index did not meet the statutory thresholds...more
The Internal Revenue Service announced the 2016 cost-of-living adjustments to the dollar limitations for qualified retirement plans and other benefits, and the Social Security Administration announced its own cost-of-living...more
The IRS recently announced the 2016 cost-of-living adjustments to various benefit and contribution limits applicable to retirement plans and welfare plans. Most retirement plan limits have not changed because increases in the...more
The IRS has announced the retirement plan limits for 2016. As you can see from the chart below, there are no changes from the limits set in 2015. ...more
The Internal Revenue Service has announced the 2016 limits that affect the operation of tax-qualified retirement plans, including 401(k) plans, and certain other types of employee benefit plans, including deferred...more
On October 21, 2015, the IRS announced the 2016 dollar limitations for retirement plans based on the applicable cost-of-living adjustment guidelines. The retirement plan limitations generally will not change for 2016 because...more
Recently the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Social Security Administration announced the cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits on various employer-sponsored retirement and welfare plans and the...more