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Jenner & Block

Client Alert: “Trump Accounts” – Tax-Advantaged Savings Accounts for Children

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On Friday, July 4, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) (“Big Beautiful Bill”) after narrow approval from both houses of Congress. The legislation extends the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Estate Planning in Uncertain Times

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"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."- The Serenity Prayer- The first 100 days of President Trump’s administration have been...more

Lewitt Hackman

The CARES Act and Retirement Plan Changes

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Congress passed and the President signed on March 27, 2020 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). The Act includes several significant provisions, most notably cash payments to many...more

Hogan Lovells

Congress passes FY 2020 funding bill with tax benefits for energy, health care, and retirement plans

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In a rare display of bipartisanship, after intense last minute negotiations between congressional leadership and the Executive Branch, President Donald Trump signed into law legislation passed last week by Congress to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Trump Seeks to Ease Rules for Multiple-Employer Retirement Plans and Required Mandatory Withdrawals

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On August 31, 2018, President Trump signed an executive order authorizing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury to evaluate expanding access to 401(k) retirement plans. The order is...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Tax Reform's Impact on 401(k) Plan Loan Offset Treatment - Actions for Plan Administrators and Human Resources Benefits Managers

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• The recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the Act), enacted on Dec. 22, 2017, contains a few rules that will impact benefit administrators. • This client alert focuses on changes made to the tax treatment of plan loan...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Signs Tax Reform Bill into Law

On December 15, 2017, the House and Senate conference committee agreed on the terms of the final tax reform bill, previously referred to as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Act”), which was subsequently approved by both...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

ERISA Fiduciary Rule Facing Precarious Future

Since its original release as a proposed rule in April 2015 and as a final rule a year later, the Department of Labor’s (DOL's) so-called fiduciary rule — which expands the “investment advice fiduciary” definition under the...more

BakerHostetler

The Impact of the 2017 Tax Reforms on Employment-Based Benefits and Tax-Favored Compensation

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Whenever the United States Congress takes up “tax reform,” there always is a danger that the Congress will pay for such tax reform, in part, by eliminating many of the tax incentives that enable employers to provide...more

Baker Donelson

New Tax Plan Changes Rules on Health Coverage, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

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While primarily focused on individual and business tax cuts and reform, the final Republican tax cut bill includes several provisions expected to impact health care coverage and expenses. First, the bill effectively repeals...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

DOL Again Delays Implementation of ERISA Fiduciary Rule

The department extends non-enforcement policy until July 1, 2019 and plans to propose a new streamlined class exemption under the Fiduciary rule. The DOL finalized its delay of certain portions of the Fiduciary rule until...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

GOP Tax Bill Outlines Significant Changes for Benefits and Compensation

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The Committee on Ways and Means yesterday released the proposed Republican tax reform bill, titled the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act." Although the proposed bill makes major changes to individual and corporate tax provisions in many...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Obama’s DOL Fiduciary Rule Fades into the Distance

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If you have an account in a retirement plan where you work or you own an Individual Retirement Account, you may get financial advice about the assets in your account from an investment advisor, broker, planner, or insurance...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

myRA put out to pasture

President Obama’s myRA program was put out to pasture by the Trump administration because of high government cost and low participation....more

Dickinson Wright

Health Saving Accounts: An Underutilized Opportunity in a Time of Uncertain Healthcare Changes

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Regardless of whether there will be revisions to, repeal of, or no changes at all to the Affordable Care Act, patients will most likely continue to have a larger financial responsibility for their medical care. ...more

Winstead PC

With the Tip of a Hat, a Fund Manager Can Be an ERISA Fiduciary

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It’s official. The Department of Labor’s final conflict of interest regulation became applicable on June 9, 2017. Despite the consternation leading up to the issuance of this rule and the expectations of many that the rule...more

Bowditch & Dewey

DOL Fiduciary Rule: Love It or Hate It, It’s Here

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If you have an account in a retirement plan where you work or you own an Individual Retirement Account, you may get investment advice from an investment advisor. You might expect that advisor to give you advice that was in...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOL’s Fiduciary Rule to Become Partially Effective June 9, 2017

The Fiduciary Rule, which expands the circumstances under which providers of investment advice may be considered Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) fiduciaries, was initially published in the Federal...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

DOL Proposes 60-Day Delay of Fiduciary Rule in Response to White House Directive

The future of the fiduciary rule—originally set to be implemented this upcoming April—remains uncertain after the White House directed the United States Department of Labor (DOL) to reevaluate, defer implementation and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Change in Administration Presents Opportunity to Revisit DOL Fiduciary Rule"

In 2016, regulatory developments introduced fundamental changes in the legal standards that govern the relationship of broker-dealers with their customers. Although the changes are not applicable until April 10, 2017, most in...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Issues Order Calling on the Department of Labor to Reconsider Fiduciary Rule

On February 3, 2017, President Donald J. Trump issued a memorandum directing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to re-examine the DOL’s final rule on who is a “fiduciary” of an employee benefit plan under the Internal Revenue...more

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