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The IRS and Treasury Department recently issued proposed regulations addressing the mandatory automatic enrollment provisions under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0). The proposed regulations generally adopt the...more
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 wildfires moving through Southern California have destroyed communities and displaced countless individuals....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
The IRS this past Friday issued proposed regulations regarding mandatory Roth catch-up contributions. SECURE 2.0 amended the catch-up contribution provisions of the Code....more
The Secure Act, passed in 2019 and updated in 2022, made significant changes to the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules applicable to qualified retirement plans, IRAs, 403(b) plans, and other eligible deferred...more
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a notice providing guidance on various provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0). Some of the topics touched on in the guidance include automatic enrollment, the...more
The Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration have announced the cost of living adjustments (COLA) applicable to dollar limitations for retirement plans and the Social Security wage base for 2024. Many...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As previously reported here, on December 20, 2023, the IRS issued Notice 2024-2 (the “Notice”) providing guidance on several outstanding questions related to provisions under SECURE 2.0. This blog post...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
Seyfarth Synopsis: The IRS just announced the 2024 annual limits that will apply to tax-qualified retirement plans. For a third year in a row, the IRS increased the annual limits, allowing participants to save even more in...more
The House and Senate are moving forward on several versions of legislation, which are collectively known as the “Secure Act 2.0” because they would build off of the Secure Act, the last major retirement plan legislation...more
With the April 15 deadline for distributing excess elective deferrals fast approaching, this post summarizes the rules for correcting excess elective deferrals made to a 401(k) plan. In brief, excess elective deferrals not...more
On November 4, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the 2022 dollar limitations that apply to tax-qualified retirement plans. With few exceptions, the 2022 limitations published in Notice 2021-61 have been...more
On November 4, 2021 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
The IRS has announced the 2022 cost of living adjustments to qualified plan limits. As expected, many of the limits increased significantly compared with prior years. Below are the highlights, and our full historical chart...more
Groom has prepared a comparison here of the provisions in two key retirement bills being considered by the 117th Congress: the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021 (H.R. 2954, “SECURE 2.0”) and the Retirement Security &...more
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (“SECURE Act”) established a new in-service distribution known as a qualified birth or adoption distribution (“QBOAD”). ...more
Several Republican senators have introduced legislation that would allow plan participants who are unable to make contributions to their tax-advantaged retirement accounts in 2020 to make catch-up contributions to these...more
The U.S. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) suspends the Required Minimum Distribution rules for retirement plans for the 2020 calendar year. This Client Alert provides guidance for...more
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, its March 31, 2020, deadline for remedial amendments to section 403(b) plans has been extended to June 30, 2020....more
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”), which was passed as part of two spending bills signed by President Trump on December 20, 2019, contains extensive changes affecting...more
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (Act) was signed into law on December 20, 2019. The Act represents the first comprehensive legislation impacting retirement plans in over a decade and...more
Ever since defined contribution plans have come to dominate the retirement plan landscape, both plan sponsors and policymakers have grappled with how to help employees take a lifetime’s worth of savings and convert it into a...more
On December 20, 2019, Congress enacted the SECURE Act as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 (together, the “Act”). The Act includes both required and discretionary changes for employer-sponsored...more