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Countdown to Compliance: What Employers Need to Know About New York’s Secure Choice Savings Program

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New York has officially joined the growing list of states requiring certain private employers to offer retirement savings options. The New York Secure Choice Savings Program (Secure Choice or the Program) is moving closer to...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Why TPAs Shouldn’t Ignore SEP-IRAs—But Also Shouldn’t Stop There

If you’re a TPA and you’re not talking to your small business clients about SEP-IRAs, you’re missing the plot. But if you’re only talking about SEP-IRAs, you’re missing the opportunity....more

Clark Hill PLC

2025 Benefits Limits

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Happy Holidays! Employee benefits limits for 2025 have been promulgated by the government. Click the link below to view 2024-2025 comparisons of important employee benefits limits....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

2024 qualified retirement plan and health and welfare plan checklist: A very demure, very mindful year

With 2024 drawing to a close, employers should review any actions needed before year-end with respect to their benefit plans, as well as some upcoming deadlines that may require advance planning. As the adage attributed to...more

Alston & Bird

Retirement Plan Amendments and 2024 Year-End Action Items

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Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group reminds plan sponsors to get ready for 2024 IRS year-end amendments and offers year-end action items....more

Venable LLP

2025 Dollar Limits on Compensation and Benefits

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced 2025 dollar limits on benefits, contributions, and compensation. The Internal Revenue Code (Code) affords tax benefits for employers that sponsor qualified plans and for...more

Clark Hill PLC

[Hybrid Event] Qualified Plan Due Diligence Luncheon - November 6th, San Antonio, TX

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Please join us for our annual presentation on retirement plan due diligence matters. Topics will include: - Investment decision due diligence - SECURE Act 2.0 - Retirement plan litigation - Cybersecurity -...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The SECURE Act 2.0: The Most Impactful Provisions #12 — Multiple Employer 403(b) Plans

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

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Proposed Regulations on How to Use Forfeiture Accounts: Helpful Guidance and a Great Reminder to Plan Sponsors

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On February 27, 2023, the IRS published proposed regulations on the use of forfeitures in qualified retirement plans. For defined contribution plans, the regulations provide welcome clarity on what forfeitures can be used for...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SECURE 2.0 in 2023 and beyond

President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, on December 29, 2022, which includes the package of retirement plan legislation known as “SECURE 2.0.” SECURE 2.0 contains numerous significant changes for...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Are Your Retirement Accounts SECURED? Action Steps for Plan Participants and IRA Owners

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Passed by Congress in late 2019, the SECURE Act contained the most significant changes to qualified retirement plans (QRPs) and IRAs since the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Notably, the SECURE Act eliminated the...more

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SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 - Congress' Final Gift of 2022 to Retirement Plan Sponsors

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For the second time in approximately three years, Congress passed broad legislation with sweeping impacts on retirement savings programs. The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) was included as part of the Consolidated...more

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10 Most Significant Employee Benefits Law Changes in 2023’s Federal Spending Bill

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Besides ensuring the federal government remains fully funded, President Biden’s signature Thursday on the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA 23) contains several provisions that will directly impact health and...more

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IRS Provides Plan Amendment Deadline Relief

Earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2022-23, which extended the deadline to make certain amendments pursuant to the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019,...more

Morgan Lewis

Expanded Opportunities: IRS Releases New Determination Letter Program for Individually Designed 403(B) Plans

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The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Revenue Procedure 2022-40 to expand the IRS’s determination letter program to include individually designed 403(b) plans. Previously, the IRS’s determination letter...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The Rosenbaum Law Firm Review - Volume 13 Issue 6, June 2022

Organization Ideas For 401(k) Plan Sponsors To Limit Liability Organization tools always pop up for sale after New Year’s because a lot of people want to try to keep their resolutions. My local Costco always trots out the...more

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IRS Delays Additional Amendment Deadlines for Major Retirement Legislation

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The IRS has extended additional deadlines for required retirement plan amendments, similar to the extensions we discussed last month found here. Notice 2022-45 extends the deadline for amending qualified retirement plans to...more

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IRS Delays Additional Amendment Deadlines for Major Retirement Legislation

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The IRS has extended additional deadlines for required retirement plan amendments, similar to the extensions we discussed last month found here. Notice 2022-45 extends the deadline for amending qualified retirement plans to...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The IRS CARES: Deadline extension for retirement plan amendments

​​​​​​​The IRS has extended the deadline for plan sponsors of qualified retirement plans and IRAs to make amendments under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and the Taxpayer Certainty and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Recent Amendment Extensions for Qualified Retirement Plans, 403(b) Plans and Individual Retirement Accounts

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued needed relief to extend some amendment deadlines for non-governmental qualified retirement plans and 403(b) plans, and for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) under the...more

Miller Canfield

IRS Delays Amendment Deadlines for Major Retirement Legislation

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The IRS has issued a notice extending the deadline for retirement plan sponsors to make certain amendments required by recently passed legislation. Notice 2022-33 extends the deadline for amending qualified retirement plans...more

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Sponsors of Traditional Defined Benefit Plans with Lump Sum Distribution Option Should Prepare for Challenging Year-End

Many traditional defined benefit plans, such as final average pay plans, offer a lump sum distribution as an optional form of benefit. The amount of the lump sum distribution is sensitive to the applicable interest rate...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

IRS determination letter procedure updated

Rev. Proc. 2002-4 listed the update for requesting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determination letters, private letter rulings, and other tax advice on employee plan matters. ...more

Snell & Wilmer

2021 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 3) Qualified Retirement Plans

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As 2021 comes to an end, we are pleased to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate SW Benefits Updates. Part 1 covered health and welfare plan...more

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Considerations for Sponsors of Qualified Plans for Year Ending 2021, Year Beginning 2022

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With summer winding down, there may be no better time for sponsors of individually designed qualified retirement plans to begin thinking about year-end requirements and preparing for changes in the new year. Thankfully,...more

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