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Enhancing Retirement Readiness Using Employer Matching Contributions on Qualified Student Loan Payments

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

Employers’ Educational Assistance Programs Can Help Pay Employees’ Student Loans Until December 31, 2025

The IRS recently issued a “Tax Tip” reminding that employers that offer IRC Section 127 educational assistance programs can use those programs until December 31, 2025, to pay principal or interest on any “qualified education...more

IRS Reiterates Substantiation Requirements for Health and Dependent Care FSAs

The IRS’s Office of Chief Counsel recently released Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum Number 202317020, which reiterates the longstanding substantiation requirements that apply to claims for payment or reimbursement of expenses...more

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Governing the Use of Forfeitures in Qualified Retirement Plans

The IRS recently issued Proposed Regulations that clarify and update existing rules governing how and when forfeitures must be used in qualified defined contribution (e.g., 401(k)) and defined benefit retirement plans. ...more

SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 - What it Means for 403(b) Plans

The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”), enacted on December 29, 2022, as Division T of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law No. 117-328), builds upon many changes made earlier by the Setting Every...more

SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 - What it Means for Retirement Plan Distribution Rules

The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) was enacted on December 29, 2022, as Division T of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, the U.S. federal government’s spending bill for fiscal year 2023. SECURE 2.0 builds upon...more

[Webinar] 2022 Annual Labor & Employment Update - December 9th, 9:00 am - 4:10 pm ET

On December 9, our Labor and Employment Group will present its annual full-day webinar on updates and developments in labor and employment law. Topics to be discussed include state legislative updates, conduct and behavior...more

IRS Further Extends Temporary Relief from the Physical Presence Requirement through December 31, 2022

On May 13, 2022, the IRS issued Notice 2022-27 (available here), which further extends, by six months, from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, the IRS’s previously-granted temporary relief from the “physical presence...more

IRS Releases Information Letters on Substantiation Rules for Health FSA Debit Cards

The IRS recently released two Information Letters addressing the substantiation rules that apply to health flexible spending account (FSA) debit cards. (As an aside, IRS Information Letters call attention to a...more

DOL Issues FAQs on Lifetime Income Disclosures for Defined Contribution Plans

On July 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued Temporary Implementing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Interim Final Rule (IFR) which the EBSA had...more

IRS Updates EPCRS Plan Correction Program

On July 16, 2021, the IRS issued an updated version of the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), set forth in Revenue Procedure 2021-30. The new EPCRS modifies and supersedes the previous EPCRS, set forth in...more

New COBRA Premium Subsidy Law Requires Prompt Action by Employers and COBRA Administrators

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 economic stimulus bill which provides eligible qualified beneficiaries with up to six months of free...more

A Summary of Key Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 economic stimulus bill. ARPA contains provisions affecting employee benefits and executive...more

CARES Act Includes Important Health Plan-Related Provisions

On Friday, March 27, 2020, the House of Representatives passed by voice vote, and the President signed into law, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act, [H.R. 748]) a $2 trillion relief package...more

The SECURE Act Significantly Changes Many Retirement and Other Employee Benefit Rules

The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (the “Act”), enacted on December 20, 2019, significantly changed many retirement and other employee benefit plan rules.  The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement...more

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