Members of Kilpatrick’s Employee Benefits and Investment Management Teams recently presented a webinar on the topic of “Optimizing Retirement Plan Investment Committee Performance.” The discussion was focused on helping...more
Kilpatrick Townsend partners Lois W. Colbert and Sterling Perkinson recently presented a webinar focused on new rules for correcting compliance issues for 401(k) and profit-sharing plans, 403(b) plans, and defined benefit...more
Emergency Withdrawals. Participants in defined contribution plans (profit sharing, 401(k), and 403(b) plans) could access their retirement savings now if plans are amended to allow coronavirus-related withdrawals....more
In a recent memorandum to employee plan auditors, the IRS prescribes missing participant search procedures for 403(b) plans (the “Memo”). Locating missing participants (and beneficiaries) often arises as an issue for 403(b)...more
Retirement Plan Limits -
The IRS updated very few of the retirement plan limits effective for the plan year that begins on or after January 1, 2018.
Social Security Tax and Wage Base -
For calendar year 2018, the...more
In Revenue Procedure 2017-8, the IRS announced that the remedial amendment period (“RAP”) for 403(b) plans would end on March 31, 2020. A RAP is a period in which a plan can be amended retroactively to comply with the...more
The IRS updated very few of the retirement plan limits effective for the plan year that begins on or after January 1, 2016. A comparison of the 2016 and 2015 limits is listed below.
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