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IRS Issues Notice 2024-2 Outlining Guidance on SECURE 2.0 Provisions

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The IRS issued Notice 2024-2 (Notice), which provides guidance in a question and answer format concerning certain provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0). The following is a brief overview of key provisions in...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

403(b) Plans - Not Your Average Salary Deferral Plan

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Congress continues to pass laws that move 403(b) plans ever closer to 401(k) plans, but 403(b) plans remain distinct. Understanding these differences allows you to maintain a compliant plan that best serves the needs of your...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New IRS Guidance on Long-Term, Part-Time Employee Retirement Plan Participation

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New proposed regulations clarify how employers should implement retirement plan eligibility rules for long-term, part-time ("LTPT") employees. While some questions remain, the proposed regulations provide a number of welcome...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Diving into SECURE 2.0: More Changes That Will Help Make 401(k) Plan Administration Simpler and Other Possible Changes of Which to...

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The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) significantly changes the legal and administrative compliance landscape for U.S. retirement plans. Foley & Lardner LLP is authoring a series of articles that take a “deep dive” into key...more

Fisher Phillips

10 Most Significant Employee Benefits Law Changes in 2023’s Federal Spending Bill

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Besides ensuring the federal government remains fully funded, President Biden’s signature Thursday on the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA 23) contains several provisions that will directly impact health and...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Late Deposits of 401(k) Contributions: New DOL Procedures to Allow for “Self-Correction”

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Under federal law, amounts withheld from employee paychecks as 401(k) plan contributions are required to be promptly deposited into the trust under the plan. Failure to do so requires correction by the employer and can also...more

Jackson Walker

Payroll Tax Relief and Latest Developments in Retirement Plans and Benefits

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Payroll Tax Relief Under CARES Act, FFCRA, and Executive Order - While the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act permitted employers to defer depositing the portion of the FICA taxes the employer pays...more

Lewitt Hackman

SECURE Act Creates Need for Estate Plan Review

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Congress recently passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act, or the “Act”) implementing one of the most substantial pieces of retirement plan legislation in years, into law....more

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Proposed Regulations on 401(k) Hardship Withdrawals

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Last month, the Treasury Department issued highly anticipated proposed regulations governing hardship withdrawals from 401(k) plans. The proposed regulations address recent statutory changes made to the hardship withdrawal...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Updates EPCRS Correction Methods and Procedures

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Reflecting comments it requested, and others it received, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued two updates which modify the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), which is the comprehensive system...more

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