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Interaction between COBRA and Medicare in C-Suite Executive Severance and Retirement Arrangements

Both companies and their C-suite executives should be mindful of the interactions between COBRA and Medicare and their implications when negotiating a severance or retirement arrangement. This is because Medicare enrollment...more

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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

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IRS Cost-of-Living Adjustments-Employee Benefit Plan Limitations for 2024

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Effective: January 1, 2024 The IRS has released the 2024 cost-of-living adjustments applicable to the dollar limitations on benefits and contributions of retirement plans and health and welfare benefit plans.  We recommend...more

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2024 Qualified Plan Cost of Living Increases, 2024 Social Security Taxable Wage Base

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On November 1, 2023 the Internal Revenue Service announced the cost-of-living adjustments for the various qualified retirement plan limits.  Almost all of the limits shown below have increased from last year....more

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Sixth Circuit Clarifies the Date on Which a Claim for Pension Benefits Under ERISA Accrues

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In Gragg v. UPS Pension Plan, 55 F.4th 1059 (6th Cir. 2022), the Sixth Circuit held that the limitations period for an ERISA claim to recover benefits due under a plan did not expire before the alleged underpayment on which...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Protect the 401(k)

I saw a recent article by Matthew Breunig, suggesting that instead of cutting Social Security, we should end the tax breaks for 401(k) plans. He claims that the tax advantage of IRAs and defined contribution plans is $371...more

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México: Incremento al valor de la Unidad de Medida y Actualización (UMA) para el 2020

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El 9 de enero de 2020, el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) publicó los nuevos valores para la Unidad de Medida y Actualización (en adelante “UMA”) que entrará en vigor el 1 de febrero de 2020, de acuerdo...more

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Mexico: Increase to the UMA Value Announced for 2020

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On January 9, 2020, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its acronym in Spanish) published the new values for the Updated Metric Unit (hereinafter UMA by its acronym in Spanish) that will take effect...more

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How To Prepare For The Retirement Years

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Ages 25, 30, 35, 40 – save more spend less - Save as much as possible on a pre-tax or tax-advantaged basis - (Why think about retirement at these young ages?  Because, with a little luck, you’ll be old someday)....more

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México: Decreto de Incorporación al régimen obligatorio del Seguro Social a los beneficiarios del Programa “Jóvenes Construyendo...

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El 31 de enero de 2019, se publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación el Decreto emitido por el Presidente Andres Manuel López Obrador a través del cual se establece que los beneficiarios del Programa “Jóvenes Construyendo...more

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Mexico: Decree Provides Social Security Benefits to "Youth Building the Future" Participants

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On January 31, 2019, Mexico’s Official Gazette published a decree issued by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ordering that individuals participating in the “Youth Building the Future” program be incorporated into the...more

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2019 Qualified Plan Cost of Living Increases, 2019 Social Security Taxable Wage Base

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On November 1, 2018 the Internal Revenue Service announced the cost-of-living adjustments for the various qualified retirement plan limits. The vast majority of the limits shown below have increased from last year....more

Proskauer - Tax Talks

The Senate Finance Committee’s proposal for tax reform, and how it compares with the bill passed by the House Committee on Ways &...

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UPDATE: The Senate Finance Committee last night released a revised version of the Chairman’s Mark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. We are reviewing these changes and will release an update soon... On Thursday, November 9, the...more

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2017 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 2) Annual Cost of Living Adjustments

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As 2017 comes to an end, we are happy to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we are publishing our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. Part 1 covered year-end...more

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IRS Announces 2018 Cost of Living Adjustments

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The IRS recently announced cost-of-living adjustments for 2018 in Notice 2017-64 and related guidance. The key dollar limits for qualified retirement plans and health and welfare plans are noted below....more

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West Wing Revolving Door and Retirement Plan Ideas Floating in D.C.

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I started writing this when Scaramucci was communications director, but before I could finish it the revolving door at the West Wing had swung again and he was out. In addition to his statements made to the press, which do...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Employee Benefits: Maximize Your Social Security Benefits (2/16)

The Social Security old age system is a simple concept with some very complex rules. It is a near-universal arrangement, covering working Americans and their families, which provides retirement benefits for life. The basic...more

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11th Circuit Court of Appeals Mandates Proactive Gathering and Review of SSA Information in LTD Benefit Review

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Not long ago, the Unites States Supreme Court in MetLife v. Glenn, 128 S. Ct. 2343 (2008) gave a stern warning to plan fiduciaries who required a claimant to apply for disability benefits with the Social Security...more

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How Does The Supreme Court’s DOMA Decision Impact Employers?

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The U. S. Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which had established a federal definition of marriage as a legal union only between one man and one woman....more

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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling: Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA")

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While the U.S. Supreme Court(the “Court”) ruled section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) unconstitutional, that does not mean that the changes for human resources departments and employee benefits plans can be...more

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How Does The Fall Of DOMA Impact The FMLA And Other Employee Benefits?

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Unless you've been securely wedged under a rock over the past 24 hours, you know that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which had established a federal definition of...more

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