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Benefit Plan Implications of OBBBA: Student Loan Repayment, HSAs, and More

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), finalized and signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025, makes several key changes that impact employers, benefit plan sponsors and plan administrators....more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Enacts Important Health and Welfare Plan Updates

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On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), a sweeping piece of legislation that includes several provisions impacting employer-sponsored health and welfare benefit plans. The OBBB...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Fidelity adds student match program

The 401(k) world has long been a place where innovation comes with a compliance manual and where “benefits” are often tied up in strings long before they reach employees. But sometimes, a change comes along that feels like a...more

Kaufman & Canoles

ESOPs, Benefits & Compensation Q3 2024 Client Update

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Fall greetings from the Kaufman & Canoles ESOPs, Benefits & Compensation team. We hope you’re enjoying the cooler weather, changing leaves, and—of course—the continual pace of change in employee benefits. Please find below a...more

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Student Loans and Code Section 127 Educational Assistance Programs: A Reminder from the IRS, FAQs, and a Sample Plan Document

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On August 28, the IRS issued IR-2024-227, reminding employers of the following key aspects of educational assistance programs under Internal Revenue Code Section 127: -They can be used to help reimburse the costs of or...more

Williams Mullen

PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - New IRS Guidance on SECURE 2.0 Act Student Loan Employer Contributions

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On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses the recent IRS guidance regarding provisions under the SECURE 2.0 Act which allows employers to make matching contributions on account of...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Interim Guidance on Matching Qualified Student Loan Payments

Until recently, employer matching contributions under qualified plans were required to be conditioned solely upon employee contributions made to the plan. However, one of the many changes enacted by the Consolidated...more

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Major SECURE 2.0 Guidance Issued: Extra Credit for Repaying Qualified Student Loans

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 19, 2024, the IRS issued Notice 2024-63 (the “Notice”) providing guidance for plan sponsors that wish to provide matching contributions based on eligible student loan repayments made by...more

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Benefits Monthly Minute - August 2024

The August Monthly Minute highlights new IRS guidance addressing student loan matching programs, HHS’s increases to civil monetary penalties and Form 5330 paper filing updates....more

Frantz Ward LLP

Secure 2.0’s Retirement Savings Improvements in 2024 and Beyond

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In 2022, we took an early look at the Secure 2.0 Act as the draft legislation worked its way through Congress and analyzed the potential impacts that the final bill might have on retirement savings. Secure 2.0 was eventually...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

401(k) Plans Beginning to Utilize Student Loan Repayment Matching Benefit Under SECURE Act 2.0

An increasing number of 401(k) plan sponsors are (finally) getting around to implementing the innovative student loan matching provision offered under SECURE Act 2.0.  Of note, Fidelity has recently implemented this feature...more

McAfee & Taft

Employee benefit rules: The gifts that keep on giving

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As employers look back at 2023 and ahead to 2024, there are so many compliance-related items to consider relating to their employee benefit plans.  The rules employers are supposed to be complying with keep growing and...more

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ESOPs & Employee Benefits - SECURE 2.0 Provisions Taking Effect in 2024

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As many surely recall, the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 included nearly 100 provisions affecting retirement plans. While a number of the new rules became effective immediately, another portion is scheduled to take effect in 2024....more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Operational Retirement Plan Changes for 2024

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While amendments for the following changes under the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 Act are not yet required, retirement plan sponsors (especially 401(k) and 403(b) plan sponsors) need to be aware of the following operational...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

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

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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

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Diving Into SECURE 2.0: Expanding Access to 401(k) Plan Savings for Long-Term Part-Time Employees

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The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) significantly changes the legal and administrative compliance landscape for U.S. retirement plans. Foley & Lardner LLP is authoring a series of articles that take a “deep dive” into key...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

[Webinar] Employee Benefits SECURE Act 2.0 Series - Part 2: Distribution Rule Revisions - April 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Warner’s Employee Benefits Practice Group is pleased to present a webinar series on significant new retirement plan legislation, the SECURE Act 2.0. While we expect implementing the new law to take several years, some...more

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[Webinar] Employee Benefits SECURE Act 2.0 Series - Part 1: Changes to Retirement Plan Eligibility and Contributions - March 28th,...

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Warner’s Employee Benefits Practice Group is pleased to present a webinar series on significant new retirement plan legislation, the SECURE Act 2.0. While we expect implementing the new law to take several years, some...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

SECURE 2.0 Makes Several Key Changes for Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans

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On December 29, 2022, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, President Biden signed into law the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”). SECURE 2.0 makes many significant changes to the employer sponsored...more

McAfee & Taft

401(k) matching for student loan payments finally arrives

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In this economic environment, employers are doing almost anything to attract and retain a quality workforce. Improving the suite of employee benefit offerings, sometimes without incurring major new expenditures, is top of...more

Venable LLP

SECURE 2.0 Has Arrived - Here's What You Need to Know

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. This legislation includes the highly anticipated SECURE 2.0 Act, which expands and supplements the original SECURE Act of 2019....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The SECURE Act 2.0: The Most Impactful Provisions (#2–Student Loan Matches)

The President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which included SECURE Act 2.0, on December 29, 2022—the “enactment date”. SECURE Act 2.0 has over 90 provisions, some major and some minor; some are mandatory and...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Expanding Coverage and Increasing Retirement Savings with the SECURE 2.0 Act

Congress has passed long-awaited retirement legislation under Division T of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 known as the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (the “Act”), which awaits the President’s signature. The Act is a...more

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Overview Of Employee Benefit Provisions In The Consolidated Appropriations Act

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The Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2021 was signed into law on December 27, 2020 and is an impressive 5,593 pages. According to the Senate Historical Office, the Act is the longest bill ever passed by Congress. Buried...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Aspects of the CARES Act

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Congress recently passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). President Donald Trump signed the CARES Act into law on March 27, 2020. Below is a...more

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