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Proposed Regulation Internal Revenue Service 403(b) Plans

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

(Auto) Enroll With It: Understanding the New Automatic Enrollment Requirements

On January 10, 2025, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued Proposed Regulations on the automatic enrollment requirements introduced by SECURE 2.0.  The Proposed Regulations incorporate and expand...more

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IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Regarding Mandatory Auto-Enrollment Under SECURE 2.0

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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

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IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on SECURE 2.0 Catch-Up Contribution Changes – Publications

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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

Groom Law Group, Chartered

IRS Issues Guidance on Mandatory Automatic Enrollment

On January 10, 2025, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued Proposed Regulations addressing one of SECURE 2.0’s signature requirements: that all newly established 401(k) plans and 403(b) plans with cash or deferred...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Things I Worry About (6): Automatic Enrollment (5) and PEPs

SECURE 2.0 was enacted on December 29, 2022. Among its provisions is a requirement that “new” 401(k) plans and private sector 403(b) plans must automatically enroll their eligible employees, but not until the first plan year...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

IRS Issues Much Anticipated Guidance on Catch-Up Contributions

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

Bricker Graydon LLP

Act 3: To Roth or Not to Roth - That Is No Longer the Question for Some Catch-Up Eligible Individuals

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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

Miller Canfield

IRS Issues FAQs Regarding Long-Term Part-Time Employees in 403(b) Plans

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The IRS recently issued Notice 2024-73, which provides much-needed guidance on long-term, part-time (“LTPT”) employees in ERISA-governed 403(b) retirement plans. Following passage of the SECURE 2.0 Act, an employee is...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New Rules Make Tracking Long-Term, Part-Time Employee Service a Full-Time Job

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In this series of articles, we explore the implications of the long-term, part-time employee rules under the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 and the impact those rules have on employers and their workforces. Under the SECURE...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New IRS Guidance on Long-Term, Part-Time Employee Retirement Plan Participation

New proposed regulations clarify how employers should implement retirement plan eligibility rules for long-term, part-time ("LTPT") employees. While some questions remain, the proposed regulations provide a number of welcome...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Proposed IRS RMD Regulations Present Challenges, Risks for 403(b) Plans

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is strategically working to execute the statutory changes that were outlined by the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act) of 2019. However, the IRS’s efforts...more

Verrill

December 2019 Client Advisory

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This Client Advisory highlights important developments in the law governing employee benefit plans and executive compensation over the past year. It offers insight into what these developments mean for employers and plan...more

Clark Hill PLC

IRS Adopts Final Regulations With Required and Optional Changes to Hardship Distribution Rules for 401(k) and 403(b) Plans

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Most Employers Need to Make Plan Document and Administrative Changes - In late 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS) proposed changes to the 401(k) regulations governing hardship distributions....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Final Regulations Issued for Hardship Distributions From Qualified Retirement Plans

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As we wrote in November 2018, the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations that significantly relaxed many rules governing hardship distributions from qualified plans, including eliminating requirements that employee...more

Miller Canfield

Proposed Hardship Distribution Regulations Mean Changes for 401(k) and 403(b) Plan Sponsors

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Employer-sponsors of certain retirement plans have work to do prior to the end of 2019. Sponsors of Internal Revenue Code ("Code") section 401(k) and 403(b) plans must analyze their plan documents and associated...more

Holland & Knight LLP

IRS Adds 2019 Updates to Operational Compliance List

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• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has updated its Operational Compliance List for retirement plans with a number of changes that take effect in 2019, with a focus on changes to hardship distributions. • The Operational...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

New Hardship Withdrawal Rules for 401(k) and 403(b) Plans

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On November 14, 2018, the IRS issued proposed regulations about the new hardship withdrawal rules that generally became effective January 1, 2019. The proposed regulations...more

McCarter & English, LLP

IRS Proposed Regulations Relax Requirements For Hardship Distributions

The IRS recently issued proposed regulations relating to hardship distributions under 401(k) plans. The proposed regulations generally clarify or supplement recent statutory changes, including those made by the Bipartisan...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

ERISA Newsletter - Fourth Quarter 2018

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As we closed the door on 2018, we were met by two surprising decisions—one from a panel of the Second Circuit addressing employer stock drop litigation, and one from a federal district court in Texas declaring the entire...more

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[Podcast]: Proposed IRS Regulations Affecting 401(k) and 403(b) Plans

In this episode of the Proskauer Benefits Brief, Paul Hamburger co-chair of Proskauer’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, and associate Steven Einhorn discuss the recently proposed IRS regulations addressing...more

Verrill

Proposed Regulations on 401(k) Hardship Withdrawals

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Last month, the Treasury Department issued highly anticipated proposed regulations governing hardship withdrawals from 401(k) plans. The proposed regulations address recent statutory changes made to the hardship withdrawal...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Proposed Hardship Withdrawal Regulations Provide Useful Guidance

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While not exactly a Thanksgiving “miracle,” many retirement plan sponsors were no doubt thankful for the IRS’ recent issuance of proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regs”) addressing changes to the Code §401(k) and 403(b)...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

401(k) Hardship Withdrawals: Proposed Regulations Provide Favorable and Generally Expected News for Plan Sponsors and Participants

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published proposed regulations covering 401(k) hardship distributions that, once finalized, will provide favorable changes for plan sponsors and participants. The regulations...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Proposed IRS Regulations for Hardship Distributions Offer Welcome Guidance

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Included in the February 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act were important changes to the hardship withdrawal rules for defined contribution plans (401(k) and 403(b) plans) and a directive ordering the Treasury Department to modify...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Proposed Regulations Issued On Hardship Distributions

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The IRS has issued proposed regulations on hardship distributions under section 401(k) and 403(b) plans (“Proposed Regulations”), addressing issues raised by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (“Budget Act”) and the 2018 Tax...more

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