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Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury Announces 2022 Limits on Qualified Retirement Plans

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On January 14, 2022, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury issued Internal Revenue Circular Letter No. 22-01 (CL IR 22-01) announcing the applicable 2022 limits for Puerto Rico qualified retirement plans. ...more

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Primer on Severance Plans Under ERISA and the Tax Code

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Many employers maintain formal or informal severance policies or practices that they use sporadically. Other employers may implement a severance program for a limited period of time to reduce the number of employees overall...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Securing Retirement: Additional SECURE Act and Miners Act Guidance for Retirement Plans

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued practical and helpful guidance in a question-and-answer format for tax-qualified retirement plans and for an Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA), regarding the...more

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Might as Well Face It… Your Annual Retirement Plan Audit is Not a Clean Bill of Health

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With calendar year-end Form 5500s due on July 31, or October 15 with an extension (and still no COVID-19 filing relief as of the date this blog was published), it’s that time of year where plan sponsors begin thinking about...more

Morgan Lewis

Section 403(b) Plan Remedial Amendment Periods: Out with the Old, In with the New

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With the March 31 deadline to correct form defects in plan documents under the Initial Remedial Amendment Period fast approaching, employers now have less than two months to ensure that their 403(b) plans are in compliance...more

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Fix a Decade of Document Errors? Yes You Can!

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In two months (on March 31, 2020), the window closes for 403(b) plan sponsors to take advantage of the unique opportunity to retroactively amend their 403(b) retirement plans to correct document errors...more

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Still Tax, Even Without the Distributed Cash

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The IRS recently issued guidance on the tax treatment, withholding and reporting for required distributions from tax-qualified retirement plans. Plan sponsors should contact their retirement vendors and trustees to ensure...more

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Plan Sponsors and Service Providers Must be Aware of Changes Made to Rules Pertaining to Puerto Rico Qualified Retirement Plans

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Recent changes to Puerto Rico’s tax treatment of certain retirement plans have taken effect. Act No. 106 of August 23, 2017 (“Act 106”) amended Section 1081.01 of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code as amended, (the “PR...more

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The Effects of the Final Tax Reform Bill for Employers

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On December 20, 2017, both houses of Congress voted to pass the final tax reform bill (the Act) and send it to President Trump for signature. The Act represents the most sweeping overhaul of the tax code in decades and will...more

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Might the UBIT Bite a Bit? You Bet.

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The recent tax reform bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1), which the House Ways and Means Committee introduced November 2, would subject public pension plans to unrelated business income tax (“UBIT”) on their pre-packaged...more

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New Self-Certification Procedure for Late Rollovers

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Revenue Procedure 2016-47, which provides for a new self-certification procedure for participants who receive retirement plan distributions but inadvertently miss the 60-day time...more

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