One of the goals of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (the “SECURE Act”), which was passed in late 2019, was to increase participation in 401(k) plans. In this regard, Section 112 of the SECURE...more
Last year the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an interim final rule regarding the SECURE Act’s lifetime income disclosures, which require benefit statements to express a participant’s account balance as a single life annuity...more
As required by the SECURE Act of 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published an interim final rule requiring plan administrators of individual account plans (including 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans and other defined...more
On June 19, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released guidance (Notice 2020-50) clarifying many aspects of the retirement plan withdrawal and loan relief provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) that is currently being debated in Congress has provisions that, if enacted, would allow participants in defined contribution plans (profit sharing, 401(k),...more
Although employees face additional taxes and decreased benefits resulting from employer failures involving nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans, they may sue employers to recover their losses. For ERISA-covered...more
On April 19, 2019, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2019-19 (Rev. Proc. 2019-19), which modifies the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) by expanding the use of the Self-Correction Program (SCP) to include...more