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Proposed Treasury regulations relating to catch-up contributions were issued in January of 2025 that include guidance for the mandatory Roth catch-up requirement, which was first provided under section 603 of Division T of...more
Happy Holidays! Employee benefits limits for 2025 have been promulgated by the government. Click the link below to view 2024-2025 comparisons of important employee benefits limits....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 SECURE Act 2.0, enacted on December 29, 2022, is the most significant piece of legislation affecting retirement plans in many years. One provision in the Act causing headaches for plan sponsors, payroll providers and...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
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
Many governmental 457(b) deferred compensation and 401(a) defined contribution plan sponsors do not take full advantage of the contribution limits for these plans. To do this, you need to understand: the limits, who they...more
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Provisions in the current proposed Senate tax reform bill would likely reduce the effectiveness of retirement plan arrangements that regularly receive contributions of unused leave for former employees, commonly known as...more
Retirement Plan Limits - The IRS updated very few of the retirement plan limits effective for the plan year that begins on or after January 1, 2018. Social Security Tax and Wage Base - For calendar year 2018, the...more
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced today, October 19, 2017, the following dollar limits applicable to tax-qualified plans for 2018: - The limit on the maximum amount of elective contributions that a person may...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL) issued temporary relief on deadlines and procedural requirements applicable to employee benefit plans for employers impacted by Hurricane Harvey. ...more