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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations providing guidance on how to interpret and implement changes to "catch-up" contributions made by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0). The regulations mainly...more
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations regarding the provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) that relate to catch-up contributions....more
On January 10, 2025, the IRS and Treasury announced proposed regulations addressing catch-up contribution provisions under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) for 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans and governmental 457(b)...more
On January 10, 2025, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations regarding the provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) that relate to...more
On July 19, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued final regulations (“2024 regulations”) regarding the SECURE Act of 2019 and the SECURE Act 2.0 of 2022, which apply to 401(a) plans, 401(k) plans, traditional and...more
Since 2002, employers have been able to make catch-up salary deferrals to their employees in their 401(k), 403(b), and governmental 457(b) plans beginning in the calendar year in which they turn 50 (the “Age 50 Catch-up”)....more
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has announced the following dollar limits applicable to tax-qualified plans for 2025...more
The IRS has announced inflation-adjusted limits for retirement plans in Notice 2024-80. The 2025 retirement plan limits are summarized here....more
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses the recent IRS guidance regarding provisions under the SECURE 2.0 Act which allows employers to make matching contributions on account of...more
Section 110 of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) permits employers maintaining a 401(k), 403(b), governmental 457(b), or SIMPLE IRA plan to make matching contributions based on qualified student loan payments...more
The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) permits employers to match student loan payments made by employees under 401(k), 403(b), governmental 457(b), or SIMPLE IRA plans in plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2024....more
On December 20, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-2 to “provide guidance on discreet issues” concerning the implementation of specific provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0)....more
Student loan debt is a significant source of financial stress for borrowers, who face a hefty new line item in their budgets since the pause on student loan repayment ended in October 2023. Recent surveys show that student...more
This holiday week, the IRS issued its long-anticipated guidance on miscellaneous changes under SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) that are effective now (or in short order). Specifically, Notice 2024-2 (“Notice”), covers,...more
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
Many employees who have had to resume repaying their federal student loans this month may find it harder to continue contributing to their employers’ retirement plans. For some employees, there simply is no room in the family...more
The Secure 2.0 Act (Secure 2.0), a sweeping retirement bill included in Division T of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, was a major bipartisan accomplishment of the 117th Congress. The bill included 82 provisions...more
Section 603 of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“Section 603”) implements changes to catch-up contributions and is applicable to employers who maintain a 401(k), 403(b), or 457(b) plan with participants who are age 50 and older...more
The IRS issued guidance on Friday, August 25, 2023, under Section 603 of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, which requires age-based catch-up contributions by high-paid employees to a 401(k), 403(b), or governmental 457(b) plan to...more
As signed into law, Section 603 of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) required that effective as of January 1, 2024, participants in 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, or governmental 457(b) plans, who were age 50 or older and...more
In welcome news to employers, recordkeepers, and payroll providers, the IRS announced last week that it is giving more time to comply with mandatory Roth catch-up contributions under the SECURE Act 2.0. As you may know,...more
On Friday, August 23, 2023, the IRS issued Notice 2023-62, which provides long-awaited relief regarding the SECURE 2.0 requirement that age 50 catch-up contributions for higher income participants in Section 401(k), 403(b),...more
To the great relief of many plan sponsors, administrators, recordkeepers, and payroll vendors, the IRS issued highly anticipated relief regarding the mandatory "Rothification" of catch-up contributions....more
Among the most challenging components of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) for plan sponsors is a requirement that any catch-up contributions for high wage earners can only be made on a Roth (after-tax) basis beginning...more
Section 401(k) Plans, Section 403(b) Plans and governmental Section 457(b) Plans generally permit employees to defer compensation on a pre-tax basis. These plans may also provide the opportunity for employees to defer...more