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Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

New Proposed Catch-Up Contribution Regulations Answer Many Questions

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Background - Many defined contribution plans are designed to permit participants to take advantage of an increased employee contribution limit starting the year they turn 50....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Changing the Rules of the Game for Retirement Plans

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Earlier this year, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations on the use of forfeitures by tax-qualified retirement plans. The changes, published in the Federal Register,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

IRS Gets Its Act Together For Forfeiture Rules

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The February 24, 2023, issuance by the IRS of proposed regulations on the use of forfeitures in qualified retirement plans provides some welcome clarity, regulatory house cleaning, and relief for plan sponsors. With a...more

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IRS Proposes One-Year Limit on Use of Forfeitures in Defined Contribution Plans

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued proposed regulations that would require forfeitures in defined contribution plans—i.e., unvested benefits forfeited by terminating defined contribution plan participants—to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Proposed Treasury Regulations on Forfeitures Would Require Changes to Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans

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The U.S. Treasury Department issued proposed regulations regarding the treatment of forfeited amounts in tax-qualified defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans. The February 27, 2023 proposed regulations, if...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Simply the vest: IRS streamlines rules for retirement plan forfeitures

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On February 24, 2023, the IRS issued proposed regulations simplifying the use of forfeitures in qualified retirement plans, providing that forfeitures in defined contribution plans must be used by the end of the plan year...more

McAfee & Taft

DOL proposes new proxy voting rule affecting retirement plan fiduciaries

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On September 4, 2020, the Department of Labor published a proposed regulation addressing the proxy voting responsibilities of retirement plan fiduciaries and exercises of other shareholder rights. The proposed rule would...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Frozen 2: IRS Expands Nondiscrimination Relief for Frozen Defined Benefit Pension Plans

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) expanded the temporary relief for frozen defined benefit plans to include nondiscrimination requirements relating to benefits, rights and features, available for plan years beginning before...more

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Monthly Benefits Update - May 2013

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Health Care Reform: Agencies Issue Final Regulations on Wellness Programs Under ACA - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized...more

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