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Nevada Employee Savings Trust (NEST) Program Overview

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In 2023, Nevada enacted legislation (Nevada Revised Statutes 353D) establishing the Employee Savings Trust (NEST) Program, a government-backed retirement solution that became operational in June 2025. This initiative...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

A SIMPLE Plan isn’t so simple

Small business plans that require no testing such as a SIMPLE IRA sound great on paper, but they create a nightmare when you want to save more for retirement as an employer....more

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5 Key Takeaways | IRS Final RMD Rules & Proposed Regulations to Address SECURE 2.0 Act Issues

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Kilpatrick partner Sterling Perkinson and counsel San Parikh recently presented a CLE webinar for Strafford that focused on the 2024 Final Regulations and 2024 Proposed Regulations released on July 19, 2024, implementing the...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

SECURE 2.0 Updates to Think About for 2025

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As 2025 approaches, we want to share important reminders about key changes from the SECURE 2.0 legislation that have taken effect or will take effect soon. •Increased Catch-up Contribution Limit for Ages 60 - 63....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2024 Year-End Estate Planning: Retirement Planning

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act), was originally signed into law on December 20, 2019. Intended to assist and encourage Americans in saving and investing for retirement,...more

Carlton Fields

IRS Clarifies Application of Required Minimum Distribution Rules to Inherited Retirement Accounts

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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

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Avoiding 401(k) Problems With Former Employees

Ialways say that the real reason I never hired employees for my law firm is that I was once an employee too. That means that no matter what my employer could do, there would probably be some- thing I still would complain...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

2025 Cost of Living Adjustments for Retirement Plans

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The Internal Revenue Service recently announced its cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations on benefits and contributions for retirement plans generally effective for Tax Year 2025 (see IRS Notice...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The way to grow a PEP is through the state mandates

I’m all for states requiring employers to offer a retirement plan or join the state-endorsed IRA program. It increases retirement plan coverage and as a member of the 401(k) industry, it can increase the potential client...more

Hogan Lovells

Court rulings put implementation of Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule on hold

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Two federal district courts in Texas have issued orders staying the implementation of the United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2024 Fiduciary Rule (the Final Rule) and related prohibited transaction exemption amendments....more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The mega backdoor Roth is usually not going to work

I have received more inquiries about after-tax voluntary contributions in the past two weeks than in the last 20 years. Why? Well, a lot of people are reading up on these Mega Backdoor Roth articles online....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Final Regulations Issued on Required Minimum Distributions Under SECURE Act

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations for required minimum distributions (RMDs) from certain retirement plans, including tax-qualified plans, Internal Revenue Code (Code) section 403(b) plans,...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Rhode Island is latest state run plan state

Rhode Island is joining the list of states providing a state-run plan that affords private-sector employees retirement plan coverage if their employers do not....more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

IRS Finalizes (and Proposes More) Required Minimum Distribution Rules

At long last, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued final (and new proposed) regulations that address the major changes to Code section 401(a)(9) under the Setting Every Community Up for...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

SECURE 2.0 Simplifies Corporate Transactions with Mid-Year Termination Rules for SIMPLE IRA Plans

In connection with a merger, acquisition, or other corporate (M&A) transaction, buyers often face the dilemma of how to handle the seller’s existing retirement plans covering the continuing employees. Terminating a seller’s...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Increased Flexibility for 529 College Savings Accounts

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Beginning in 2024, due to new rules within the SECURE Act 2.0, federal law now allows for up to $35,000 in a 529 account to be rolled over to a Roth individual retirement account (“IRA”) for the beneficiary of the 529...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Vanguard to exit small business plan administration space

Ascensus has entered into an agreement to acquire Vanguard’s Individual 401(k), Multiple Participant SEP (Multi-SEP), and SIMPLE IRA plans business....more

Carlton Fields

Auto-Portability Providers Racing to Close Retirement Plan Gap

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For decades, both the federal and state governments have been working to tackle the coverage gaps in our retirement system. In the race for retirement readiness, dark horses like state plans with mandatory adoption...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Extended Relief for Required Minimum Distributions in 2024

Five years ago, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”) made several significant changes to certain distributions required pursuant to Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Washington creates Auto IRA program

Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law, Washington Saves, a state auto-IRA program, to provide coverage for private sector employees....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Washington Saves; Washington State’s New State-Mandated Retirement Program

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On March 28, 2024, Washington State’s Governor, Jay Inslee, signed into law a bill that creates a new state-run retirement program called “Washington Saves.” Under the program, “covered employers” must give “covered...more

Morgan Lewis

IRS Provides Guidance on Hodgepodge of Secure 2.0 Provisions

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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

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Some of these SECURE options won’t be popular

Years ago, legislation allowed a sidecar IRA account where participants could add an IRA contribution to their 401(k) plan. That was as popular as AfterMASH. Some provisions have been added over the years by Congress, that...more

Freeman Law

IRAs Part II – Contributions and Distributions

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This post is a follow-up to my previous post in which I discussed some of the basics concerning Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”). It can be found here if you haven’t read that post yet. In this “Part 2” post, I’ll...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

State plans push independent 401(k) plans

The reason I like state-mandated IRA programs for employers is because it increases retirement plan coverage and it nudges employers to offer plans of their own since they distrust the government. A recent study by Gusto...more

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