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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - New IRS Guidance on SECURE 2.0 Act Student Loan Employer Contributions

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On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses the recent IRS guidance regarding provisions under the SECURE 2.0 Act which allows employers to make matching contributions on account of...more

Alston & Bird

Do You Need to Send an Annual Notice to Plan Participants?

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If so, you may need to do so by December 1, 2023. Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group reviews the multiple year-end notices that defined contribution plans must issue to participants....more

Williams Mullen

Benefit and Contribution Limits for 2024

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The Commissioner of Internal Revenue announced the 2024 dollar limitations for benefits and contributions that apply to retirement plans. The Social Security Administration increased the Social Security taxable wage base....more

Kilpatrick

IRS Delays SECURE 2.0 Roth Catch-Up Requirement

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Among the most challenging components of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) for plan sponsors is a requirement that any catch-up contributions for high wage earners can only be made on a Roth (after-tax) basis beginning...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Diving Into SECURE 2.0: New Changes Ease Plan Sponsor Administrative Burdens

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...In a 1986 press conference, President Ronald Reagan infamously quipped: “the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’” While legislation affecting retirement...more

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IRS Provides Plan Amendment Deadline Relief

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

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IRS Announces 2023 Employee Benefit Plan Limits

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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 Social...more

Miller Canfield

IRS Delays Additional Amendment Deadlines for Major Retirement Legislation

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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

Miller Canfield

IRS Delays Additional Amendment Deadlines for Major Retirement Legislation

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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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The IRS CARES: Deadline extension for retirement plan amendments

​​​​​​​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

Miller Canfield

SECURE Act 2.0 Passes the House: Which Retirement Plan Rules Would Change?

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Key Takeaways - ..SECURE Act 2.0 passed the U.S. House of Representatives on March 29, 2022. ..SECURE Act 2.0 would make changes to employer-sponsored retirement plans to expand coverage and increase savings, as well as...more

Fisher Phillips

2021 Limits for Benefit Plans

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The IRS has announced the 2021 dollar limits impacting retirement plans and IRAs. The agency also issued welfare plan limits, as well as ACA penalties. The chart below summarizes these 2021 figures along with the...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Tips On Selecting a Retirement Plan Adviser When You Can’t Meet Them in Person

Over the past several months, we have seen a number of public agency clients struggle through the process of evaluating and selecting a retirement plan adviser based only on generic questionnaires, a few phone calls, and an...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Using a Plan Administration Expense Account as Part of An Agency’s 457(b) or 401(a) Plan

Not surprisingly, many cities and special districts no longer have monies available in their budgets to spend on things such as legal fees to analyze and correct plan administration problems and compliance issues. When it is...more

Lathrop GPM

CARES Act Retirement Plan Provisions

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The CARES Act contains several provisions impacting employer-sponsored individual account retirement plans (such as 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, qualified profit sharing plans and governmental 457(b) plans), which are...more

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We Interrupt this Program – What in the SECURE Act Do Retirement Plan Sponsors Need to Pay Attention to in 2020?

After being on the verge of enactment last spring but failing to pass, the SECURE Act is now law. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 – the SECURE Act – was enacted on December 20, 2019 as...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

SECURE Act Modifies Retirement Plan Distribution Rules

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New legislation impacting retirement plans and their participants was signed into law by President Trump on December 20, 2019. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (the “SECURE Act”) is one of the...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Year-End Challenges and Opportunities: Congress Passes SECURE Act, Caddy Tax Repeal, and More

On Thursday, December 19, the Senate passed two spending bills to fund the government through September 30, 2020, one of which (H.R. 1865, the “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020” or the “Act”) contains the...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Employee Benefits-Related Limits For 2020

This chart sets forth some of the annually adjusted dollar limits that impact employee benefits, as published by the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. ...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

IRS Announces 2020 Dollar Limits for Employee Benefit Plans

The IRS has announced the dollar limits for contributions and benefits in retirement plans and certain deferred compensation plans for 2020. We have compiled a chart summarizing the key limits below, including how they...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

2020 Benefit Limits

The Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration have announced the benefit plan and employment tax limits for 2020. Certain limitations will not change for 2020 because they are not subject to annual...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

IRS Expands Self-Correction of Retirement Plan Errors

In guidance issued on April 19, 2019, the IRS expands the situations in which retirement plan sponsors can self-correct compliance failures without first having to seek IRS approval or paying a fee. Employers should be aware...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

IRS Updates EPCRS Plan Correction Procedure - Employee Benefits Alert

Through Revenue Procedure 2018-52, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has recently updated its system of correction programs for retirement plans known as the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS). EPCRS permits...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Tax Reform Results in Only Minor Changes for Retirement Plans

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made significant changes to the tax code and will have a significant impact on businesses and individual taxpayers. However, although initial proposals included potentially significant changes to...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Special Rules for Plans due to Hurricane Irma

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On September 12, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Announcement 2017-13, which provides guidance on the ability of qualified plans to provide plan loans and hardship distributions to people in Florida affected...more

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