Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 - Qualified Plans — Special Edition Podcast
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Please join us for our annual presentation on retirement plan due diligence matters. Topics will include: - Investment decision due diligence - SECURE Act 2.0 - Retirement plan litigation - Cybersecurity -...more
The President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which included SECURE Act 2.0, on December 29, 2022. SECURE Act 2.0 has over 90 provisions, some major and some minor; some mandatory and some optional; some...more
President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, on December 29, 2022, which includes the package of retirement plan legislation known as “SECURE 2.0.” SECURE 2.0 contains numerous significant changes for...more
Passed by Congress in late 2019, the SECURE Act contained the most significant changes to qualified retirement plans (QRPs) and IRAs since the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Notably, the SECURE Act eliminated the...more
For the second time in approximately three years, Congress passed broad legislation with sweeping impacts on retirement savings programs. The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) was included as part of the Consolidated...more
Besides ensuring the federal government remains fully funded, President Biden’s signature Thursday on the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA 23) contains several provisions that will directly impact health and...more
Earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2022-23, which extended the deadline to make certain amendments pursuant to the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019,...more
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Revenue Procedure 2022-40 to expand the IRS’s determination letter program to include individually designed 403(b) plans. Previously, the IRS’s determination letter...more
Organization Ideas For 401(k) Plan Sponsors To Limit Liability Organization tools always pop up for sale after New Year’s because a lot of people want to try to keep their resolutions. My local Costco always trots out the...more
The IRS has extended additional deadlines for required retirement plan amendments, similar to the extensions we discussed last month found here. Notice 2022-45 extends the deadline for amending qualified retirement plans to...more
The IRS has extended the deadline for plan sponsors of qualified retirement plans and IRAs to make amendments under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and the Taxpayer Certainty and...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued needed relief to extend some amendment deadlines for non-governmental qualified retirement plans and 403(b) plans, and for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) under the...more
The IRS has issued a notice extending the deadline for retirement plan sponsors to make certain amendments required by recently passed legislation. Notice 2022-33 extends the deadline for amending qualified retirement plans...more
Many traditional defined benefit plans, such as final average pay plans, offer a lump sum distribution as an optional form of benefit. The amount of the lump sum distribution is sensitive to the applicable interest rate...more
Rev. Proc. 2002-4 listed the update for requesting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determination letters, private letter rulings, and other tax advice on employee plan matters. ...more
As 2021 comes to an end, we are pleased to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate SW Benefits Updates. Part 1 covered health and welfare plan...more
With summer winding down, there may be no better time for sponsors of individually designed qualified retirement plans to begin thinking about year-end requirements and preparing for changes in the new year. Thankfully,...more
The IRS released Revenue Procedure 2021-30, a new iteration of the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”), on Friday, July 16. EPCRS permits sponsors of eligible tax-qualified retirement plans and 403(b) plans...more
The Internal Revenue Service updated and expanded the ability to correct plan operational and document defects with the new and improved Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (Rev. Proc. 2021-30) (EPCRS). Issued and...more
Passed by Congress in late 2019, the SECURE Act (Act) contained the most significant changes to qualified retirement plans (QRPs) and IRAs since the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Notably, the Act eliminated the ability...more
On January 20, 2021, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury (Departamento de Hacienda, commonly known as “Hacienda”) issued Administrative Determination No. 21-01 (AD 21-01), which provides that lump-sum distributions...more
As 2020 comes to an end, we are pleased to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate SW Benefits Updates. Part 1 covered health and welfare plan...more
COVID-19 has forced many employers to reduce their workforce through furloughs or layoffs. These reductions may cause employers to experience a partial plan termination of their qualified retirement plans, which requires 100%...more
As COVID-19 continues its upheaval of nearly all aspects of life, retirement plan administration included (see some of our prior discussions here, here, here and here), the Internal Revenue Service recently issued guidance...more