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The SECURE Act: How This Brand New Law Affects Your Retirement Accounts
The retirement plan industry has been wrestling with the changes to required minimum distribution (RMD) provisions made by the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0. One issue in particular has caused considerable confusion....more
The IRS on April 16, 2024, released Notice 2024-35, which extends previously issued temporary relief from certain required minimum distribution (RMD) requirements for beneficiaries under qualified defined contribution plans...more
On December 29, 2022, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, President Biden signed into law the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”). SECURE 2.0 makes many significant changes to the employer sponsored...more
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. This legislation includes the highly anticipated SECURE 2.0 Act, which expands and supplements the original SECURE Act of 2019....more
The IRS issued Notice 2022-53 on October 7, providing relief under the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules of Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The Notice provides that excise taxes and tax...more
The IRS has extended the deadline for plan sponsors of qualified retirement plans and IRAs to make amendments under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and the Taxpayer Certainty and...more
The IRS recently granted additional relief for retirement account owners due to Covid-19. Generally, when a person attains age 72 (previously age 70 ½) that person is required to begin taking required minimum distributions...more
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act is the biggest retirement planning law in decades. However, when all is said and done, the new law may have just as significant an impact on estate...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released new guidance in IRS Notice 2020-50 and Notice 2020-51 to help owners and beneficiaries of individual retirement accounts and individual retirement annuities (IRAs) and IRA...more
As highlighted in our recent Tax Alert, in Notice 2020-51 (the Notice) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides an extension of the 60-day rollover period to August 31, 2020 for individuals who have already taken a...more
And just as we thought that the new coronavirus guidance was beginning to slow down, the IRS proved us wrong. On June 23, 2020, the IRS issued new guidance on the waiver of required minimum distributions (“RMDs”) from...more
On June 19 and 23, 2020, the IRS issued additional guidance (IRS Notices 2020-50 and 2020-51) clarifying and expanding relief for retirement plan participants under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief And Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act both made changes to required minimum distribution rules. The SECURE Act changes the age...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and recent formal and informal guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provide important 2020 relief for owners and beneficiaries of individual...more
A CARES Act provision offers some relief to employee stock ownership plans by allowing the suspension of required minimum distributions for 2020. In addition to providing individual stimulus payments and other...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on our personal, financial and business lives, the government has responded with legislative and administrative relief. This is a high-level summary of some of the enacted measures...more
With the recent passage of the CARES Act, which provides emergency assistance for individuals, families, and businesses affected by COVID-19, and the passage of the SECURE Act in December 2019, there are now numerous changing...more
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) into law. In addition to providing stimulus to businesses and individuals, the CARES Act makes several changes to...more
In our recent blog post, The Early Bird RMD Doesn’t Get the Tax Relief Worm, we provided guidance regarding the suspension of required minimum distributions (RMDs) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) made short-term changes to the rules for withdrawals from 401(k), 401(a), 403(b) and 457(b) plans and IRAs for qualifying emergencies and adverse financial...more
The U.S. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) suspends the Required Minimum Distribution rules for retirement plans for the 2020 calendar year. This Client Alert provides guidance for...more
Retirement plan committees are being asked whether to add the coronavirus-related retirement plan distribution and loan provisions to their retirement plans. ...more
With broad bipartisan support, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act or Act), signed into law by the president on March 27, provides a $2 trillion economic stimulus and contains numerous and...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “Act”) provides retirement plan relief and makes financial assistance available to certain individuals affected by COVID-19. An individual who reached the age of 70...more
On March 27, 2020, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Employees may be inquiring about whether they can receive distributions or loans from the company’s 401(k) plan to confront...more