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Extended Time to Amend Tax Qualified Retirement Plans for SECURE 2.0 Act and other Legislation

On December 20, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-2 to “provide guidance on discreet issues” concerning the implementation of specific provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0)....more

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Oceans Rise, Empires Fall, It’s Much Harder When It’s All Your Call … SECURE 2.0—What Comes Next?

We have now had a couple of months to review and digest SECURE 2.0 (and its roughly 90 provisions impacting retirement plans). If plan sponsors haven’t done so already, it is time to roll up their sleeves and put a triage...more

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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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SECURE 2.0 Changes Rules for Retirement Plans

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SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022 (the date of enactment), as part of the larger government funding bill. The Act makes numerous changes affecting retirement plans....more

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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

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Write This Down … Participants Have to Follow the Plan’s Beneficiary Designation Procedures

The principles governing how ERISA plans determine a participant’s beneficiary haven’t changed much since the country singer George Strait sang “Write this down” in 1999. In short, the participant has to write it down … on...more

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Summary of Provisions in the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021

Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021 as marked up by the House Ways and Means Committee on May 5, 2021....more

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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

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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

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Using Nonqualified Plans to Reduce 401(k)/403(b) Costs

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This article focuses on 401(k) and 403(b) plans that are in one of the following situations: 1. The plan failed ADP or ACP testing and must distribute excess amounts to its higher-ranking employees or make additional...more

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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

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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

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Rules Governing Your Participant-Directed 457(b) or Defined Contribution 401(a) Plan

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Many cities and special districts in California maintain one or more defined contribution retirement plans (i.e., a 457(b) or 401(a) plan) in which the participants are given investment responsibility over their respective...more

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2019 Benefits Limits and Recent Changes to 401(k) and Other Qualified Retirement Plans

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”), the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, and recently proposed IRS regulations have made significant changes to the rules governing 401(k) and other qualified retirement plans....more

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DOL Announcement– Disability Benefit Claims Procedures Become Effective April 1, 2018

The Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently announced that April 1, 2018 would be the effective date for employee benefit plans to comply with the final rule under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) concerning...more

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Tax Reform And Accumulated Leave (Aka “Special Pay”) Plans

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Provisions in the current proposed Senate tax reform bill would likely reduce the effectiveness of retirement plan arrangements that regularly receive contributions of unused leave for former employees, commonly known as...more

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IRS Eases Rules for Plan Loans and Hardship Distributions After Hurricane Harvey

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The IRS has released Announcement 2017-11 to provide relief to taxpayers from requirements for loans and hardship distributions for participants of qualified retirement plans who have been adversely affected by Hurricane...more

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Retirement Plans Incur Data Breaches; ERISA Council Addresses Cyber Risks

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Until relatively recently, retirement plans have not made the news as targets of data breaches. This is somewhat surprising, given the wealth of participants’ personal data stored online by these plans. This past summer,...more

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