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For calendar-year employee benefit plans, the extended deadline for filing the 2024 Forms 5500 is coming up on October 15, 2025. Accordingly, plan sponsors filing under the extended deadline will be reviewing draft Forms 5500...more
The IRS just dropped Revenue Ruling 2025-15, and while it’s not revolutionary, it’s a reminder that when it comes to uncashed distribution checks, constructive receipt still rules the day....more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for July 12, 2025 – July 29, 2025. July 15, 2025: The IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2025-14, providing prescribed rates for...more
In a release that was fairly unsurprising in content, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Ruling 2025-15 to address a payor’s tax withholding and reporting obligations with respect to stale and reissued retirement...more
Uncashed checks can be an administrative headache for retirement plans, potentially raising fiduciary and compliance concerns. Why?...more
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
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
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
Let’s be honest: the Solo 401(k) is one of the great marketing wins of the retirement plan industry. It sounds easy. It sounds empowering. It sounds like freedom—no employees, no complex administration, no fuss. But let me...more
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
Revenue Ruling 2025‑15 (available here) provides guidance on withholding and reporting obligations when a plan participant or beneficiary fails to cash a distribution check and a replacement check is issued. As discussed...more
The IRS has released Revenue Ruling 2025-15, which clarifies the federal tax withholding and reporting responsibilities of retirement plan administrators when a distribution check is issued but remains uncashed and a...more
On July 16, 2025, the IRS issued guidance regarding uncashed retirement plan distribution checks and subsequent replacement checks. Revenue Ruling 2025-15 clarifies that the fact that a distribution check remains...more
I sound like a broken record, but I won’t stop until 401(k) plan sponsors understand the issue of a late Form 5500 and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL) penalties....more
The February Monthly Minute highlights a new online ACA reporting alternative, the DOL’s temporary policy regarding escheatment of small retirement benefits owed to missing participants, and new guidance clarifying the gag...more
Prior to the end of the Biden administration, a number of proposed and final regulations were issued that impact retirement and welfare benefit plans. The final regulations are effective in 2025, and the proposed regulations,...more
“Solo 401(k)” is a marketing term used for a 401(k) plan that is adopted by a sole proprietor or an incorporated business with no employees other than the owner. These plans offer a greater retirement savings opportunity...more
If your company offers an employee benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), you are likely required to file Form 5500. Form 5500 is an annual report that contains information about a company’s...more
On January 23, 2025, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury issued Internal Revenue Circular Letter No. 24-01 (CL IR 24-01) announcing the applicable 2024 limits for Puerto Rico qualified retirement plans. Pursuant to...more
Over the years, plan sponsors and administrators have wrestled with the question of what to do with the accounts of participants who left employment years earlier and cannot now be located. ...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 6, 2025 – January 10, 2025....more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regularly requires retirement plans to incorporate new laws and regulations. To ensure that pre-approved retirement plans incorporate these required legal and regulatory updates, the IRS...more
We hope you enjoyed the holidays and are settling back in refreshed and recharged for 2025. With a new year comes new rules; please find our thoughts on some of them below....more
If you are 73 or older, remember to take your Required Minimum Distributions from any retirement plan or IRA you may have. As discussed in prior blog posts, Required Minimum Distributions (“RMDs”) are taxable amounts that...more
IRS reminds employers that implementing certain optional retirement plan provisions of SECURE 2.0 affect Form W‑2 and Form 1099‑R reporting starting in 2023 - The IRS recently issued Fact Sheet 2024‑18 to highlight how...more