On December 19, 2022, the Senate Appropriations Committee released the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act (“Act”), which includes retirement legislation called the “Secure 2.0 Act.” This proposed bill is very similar to...more
The IRS has published transitional relief in Notice 2022-53 (the “Notice”) for required minimum distributions (“RMDs”) to certain beneficiaries who may not have anticipated the IRS’s interpretation of the RMD rules announced...more
As discussed in our prior blog post, the IRS previously extended the deadline to adopt most plan amendments relating to the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Act of 2019 (“Secure Act”), the Bipartisan American Miners...more
Kilpatrick Townsend's Sterling Perkinson and Peter Daines recently presented "Establishing Tax Qualified Retirement Plans." These are the 5 key takeaways from their presentation....more
The IRS has extended plan amendment deadlines to comply with the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Act of 2019 (“Secure Act”) and the relief for 2020 required minimum distributions (RMDs) under the Coronavirus Aid,...more
The House and Senate are moving forward on several versions of legislation, which are collectively known as the “Secure Act 2.0” because they would build off of the Secure Act, the last major retirement plan legislation...more
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The IRS released proposed regulations today that implement certain SECURE Act changes to the rules governing required minimum distributions (“RMDs”) from qualified retirement plans, 403(b) plans, IRAs, and certain other...more
One of the goals of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (the “SECURE Act”), which was passed in late 2019, was to increase participation in 401(k) plans. In this regard, Section 112 of the SECURE...more
Last year the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an interim final rule regarding the SECURE Act’s lifetime income disclosures, which require benefit statements to express a participant’s account balance as a single life annuity...more
As required by the SECURE Act of 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published an interim final rule requiring plan administrators of individual account plans (including 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans and other defined...more
The Secure Act is the most significant legislation affecting qualified retirement plans in more than a decade. (See our prior post summarizing key changes.) Changes to the minimum distribution rules are among the most...more