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Client Alert: How the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Impacts Employers, Employees and Contractors

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The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) introduces several significant amendments to the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) that directly affect U.S. employers and employees. Key provisions—particularly the...more

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IRS Reminder: Educational Assistance Programs Can Help Pay Employee’s Student Loans

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The IRS recently issued a news release with a reminder that employers may contribute up to $5,250 annually per employee toward qualified student loan repayments if provided under a Section 127 educational assistance program....more

Holland & Knight LLP

IRS Section 457(f) Plans: An Update Amid Regulatory Uncertainty

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Section 457(f) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code provides a framework for nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements commonly offered by tax-exempt and governmental employers. These plans are frequently used to recruit...more

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The Fraud That Is Matt Hutcheson

I’ve been in the retirement plan business for 27 years, and during that time, I’ve seen the best and the worst it has to offer. But without a doubt, the most despicable person I’ve encountered is Matt Hutcheson. Matt paraded...more

Alston & Bird

IRS Introduces Online Filing Option for Section 83(b) Elections!

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Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group discusses the Internal Revenue Service’s long-awaited Form 15620 changes that enable service providers to file their Section 83(b) elections online....more

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Essential Changes for Employers in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025

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Certain Coverage or Benefits Allowed with Health Savings Account Contributions. Telemedicine can continue to be offered to employees participating in a high-deductible health plan without the employees in such a plan losing...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Is My Health Plan Affordable Enough?

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As employers increasingly struggle with rising health plan costs, the IRS has provided some good news. Recently, the IRS announced that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affordability threshold will increase to 9.96% of household...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Employee Benefit Highlights of the ​“One Big Beautiful Bill Act”

Public Law 119-21, generally referred to as the ​“One Big Beautiful Bill” Act (the ​“Act”) and signed into law on July 4, 2025, includes several employee benefit provisions that employers will want to be aware of. Below is an...more

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Employment Law Update: New Overtime Tax Law Increases Employer Recordkeeping Obligation

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The Administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill” includes a new overtime tax provision, broadly described as “No Tax on Overtime.” More accurately, the Bill allows an employee tax deduction of a portion of overtime payments, up to a...more

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New Electronic Filing Option for Section 83(b) Elections

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On November 7, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Form 15620, Section 83(b) Election (“Form 15620”), standardizing the requirements to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) (“Section 83(b) Election”), with...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s No Tax On Tips and Overtime Provisions Prompt Important Questions and Considerations for Both...

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) into law. The expansive federal tax and spending bill contains two provisions touching on extant wage and hour law that may have...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Taxation & Representation, July 2025 #3

Speaker Johnson Kicks Off Discussions for Reconciliation 2.0: House Republicans are laying the groundwork for a second reconciliation bill this fall that aims in part to revive key provisions excluded from the One, Big,...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Roth Catch-Up Chaos is coming

Plan sponsors and recordkeepers let out a collective sigh of relief when the Roth catch-up contribution requirement under SECURE 2.0 was delayed until 2026. And for good reason—this rule, though well-intentioned, brings with...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Simplified Option for Correcting Certain Retirement Plan Failures

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) amended its Voluntary Fiduciary Compliance Program (“VFCP”) to provide retirement plan sponsors with a simplified option for correcting certain specified prohibited...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Say Goodbye to Paper Cuts: Section 83(b) Elections May Now Be Filed Online

In late 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) introduced Form 15620 to provide a standardized mechanism for taxpayers to make elections under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). More recently in 2025,...more

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Roth Catch-Up Requirements for Special Catch-Up Contributions in 457(b) Plans

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In a previous article, we outlined the IRS’ proposed regulations implementing Section 603 of the SECURE 2.0 Act, which requires certain high earners to make catch-up contributions on a Roth basis beginning in 2026. ...more

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IRS Issues Affordability Percentage Adjustment for 2026

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Rev. Proc. 2025-25, which contains the inflation adjusted amounts for 2026 used to determine whether employer-sponsored coverage is “affordable” for purposes of the Affordable...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The One Big Beautiful Bill: Top Tax Takeaways for Nonprofits

President Trump’s sweeping package of domestic legislation, H.R. 1 (originally titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBB”)), became law on July 4, 2025. In addition to dramatically reshaping the landscape for...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

409A Risks with Relocation Reimbursements

As employers increasingly focus on in-person office mandates, reimbursements for relocation expenses have once again become a key component of attracting top talent. If not carefully structured, however, such expense...more

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

One Big Beautiful Bill Expands Key Tax Incentives Including Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock and Qualified Opportunity...

The reconciliation bill, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (the “BBB”), was recently signed into law on July 4th. The BBB, among many other things, made significant changes in tax law, building on the foundations created...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

The Uncashed Check Conundrum - What Employers Need to Do

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A terminated employee moves and doesn’t tell you and the check for the small benefit forced out of your retirement plan gets returned. A participant requests a distribution and the check gets delivered, but it is never...more

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Employers May Offer a New Benefit Through “Trump Accounts”

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which was signed into law on July 4, 2025, establishes the pilot program for the “Trump account,” an investment account for U.S. citizens under age 18 with a social security number....more

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IRS Clarifies Income Tax Withholding and Reporting Obligations for Uncashed Retirement Checks

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When an employer (or the proper withholding agent, like a plan administrator) issues a retirement benefit, there is generally an obligation to withhold income tax on the payment and to report the payment on Form 1099-R....more

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How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act May Impact Employers

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law a bill entitled “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14,” generally referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA). The OBBBA...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

IRS Expands Self-Correction Program: What Plan Sponsors Need to Know About the Interim Guidance

The IRS has made it easier for retirement plan sponsors to fix common plan mistakes without going through a formal filing process. Under interim guidance in Notice 2023-43, sponsors can now correct a broader range of errors...more

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