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Time to Restate? It's Not Too Late! Upcoming Restatement Deadlines for Pre-Approved Retirement Plans

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regularly requires retirement plans to incorporate new laws and regulations. To ensure that pre-approved retirement plans incorporate these required legal and regulatory updates, the IRS...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

IRS Announces 2025 Retirement Plan Limits

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced the 2025 cost-of-living adjustments to various benefit and contribution limits applicable to retirement plans. The IRS modestly increased the applicable limits for 2025....more

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Unlocking New Benefits: Is the SECURE 2.0 Student Loan Match Right for Your Workforce?

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Employers now have a new benefit option in their toolbelt: The Qualified Student Loan Payment (QSLP) match. But is it worth implementing? Before diving into the specific legal requirements for a QSLP match program, this...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup May 13 – May 17, 2024

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Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of May 13, 2024 – May 17, 2024....more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Benefits Alert - November 2023

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The IRS and Social Security Administration have announced cost-of-living increases for retirement plans and other employee benefit plans for 2024....more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

2023 Form 5500 changes announced

The 2023 Form 5500, which will be filed beginning in mid-2024, includes the following changes...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

2023 Employee Benefit Plan Limits Announced by IRS

The IRS has released the 2023 cost-of-living adjustments for limits on employee benefits with some adjustments to the 2023 rates including minor increases to the maximum contributions allowed under Code Section 415 for...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

IRS Announces 2022 Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Retirement Plans

The IRS recently announced the 2022 cost-of-living adjustments to various benefit and contribution limits applicable to retirement plans. Generally, the IRS increased the applicable limits for 2022, although certain limits...more

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IRS Announces 2022 Limitations for Qualified Retirement Plans: Prices Aren’t the Only Thing Going Up

On November 4, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the 2022 dollar limitations that apply to tax-qualified retirement plans. With few exceptions, the 2022 limitations published in Notice 2021-61 have been...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

IRS Issues Important Reminder on Application of IRC Section 415(c) Limit to 403(b) Plans

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued an important reminder of the unique application of the limit under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 415(c) to 403(b) plans on August 20, 2021. The IRS’s “Issue Snapshot”...more

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Plan Sponsors Should Review Restated Pre-Approved Plan Documents with Care

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Employers using pre-approved plan documents for their defined contribution retirement plans, such as 401(k) plans, should carefully review restated adoption agreements and basic plan documents that may be issued by their...more

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COLAs in the Time of COVID-19

On October 26, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) updated various dollar limitations that apply to tax-qualified retirement plans for 2021. The new amounts, published in Notice 2020-79, are annually adjusted for cost of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

What the DOL Giveth, the IRS (May) Taketh Away: Benefits Guidance in the Time of COVID-19

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In EBSA Disaster Relief Notice 2020-01, “Guidance and Relief for employee Benefit Plans Due to COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Outbreak” ( “Notice”), the DOL provided sponsors of defined contribution plans subject to ERISA...more

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Annual Limits on Qualified Plans for 2020

On November 6, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2019-59, which sets forth the 2020 cost-of-living adjustments affecting dollar limits on benefits and contributions for qualified retirement plans. The...more

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Plan Sponsors: Don’t Miss These Retirement Plan Deadlines

Given that a variety of qualified retirement deadlines are approaching, we thought a refresher on the subject would be helpful, especially for plans that utilize a calendar plan year. This article is intended to alert plan...more

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IRS Releases Benefits and Contribution Limits for 2017

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued its annual update regarding dollar limitations on contributions and benefits applicable to tax-qualified retirement and welfare plans for 2017. ...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The Rosenbaum Law Firm Review - March 2016

Things About Plan Providers That Shouldn't Impress Plan Sponsors. Don't get bamboozled. There are certain things in life we really should be impressed by, but we always end up being impressed by the wrong...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Announces Additional Changes in Determination Letter Program

The Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) recently issued Notice 2016-03 (the Notice) addressing three topics and expanding on its earlier announcement of major changes in the determination letter program for individually...more

FordHarrison

2016 Cost of Living Increases are Rare

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On October 21, 2015, in Information Release 2015-118, the IRS announced cost-of-living adjustments to various dollar limitations under the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") for pension plans and other related items for the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Announces Major Changes to its Determination Letter Program for Individually Designed Retirement Plans

On July 21, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Announcement 2015-19 (the Announcement), which ends the five year remedial amendment cycles for individually designed plans effective January 1, 2017. For remedial...more

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IRS and DOL Issue Guidance on Including Deferred Annuities in Target Date Funds

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Guidance addresses nondiscrimination, qualified default investment alternative, and annuity safe harbor rules. On October 24, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) each issued...more

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