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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

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Potential Shifts in Employee Benefits: A Guide for Employers Under Trump

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As we prepare for another change in Administration in the White House, it is crucial for employers and plan sponsors to stay informed and prepared. While much of what lies ahead is speculative, understanding these possible...more

Blank Rome LLP

Defaulting 401(k) Plan Borrowers in the Time of COVID

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The great majority of 401(k) plans allow participants to borrow against their plan benefits. These loans are secured by the borrowing participant’s plan account and are typically repaid by withholding amounts from the...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

The SECURE Act Significantly Changes Many Retirement and Other Employee Benefit Rules

The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (the “Act”), enacted on December 20, 2019, significantly changed many retirement and other employee benefit plan rules.  The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SECURE Act In; Cadillac Tax Out: The Spending Act Makes Serious Changes to Benefits Rules

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Below is a summary of those key provisions. I. SECURE Act The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act, H.R. 1994) is arguably the most significant and comprehensive retirement saving...more

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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

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IRS Updates 401(k) Hardship Distribution Rules – Are You Ready?

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On September 23, 2019 the IRS issued final regulations updating the rules governing hardship distributions from 401(k) and 403(b) plans. They are generally similar to the proposed regulations issued late last year and...more

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Final IRS Regulations for Hardship Distributions Incorporate a Decade of Legislative Changes

On September 23, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final regulations that modify the hardship distribution rules for profit sharing, 401(k), 403(b), and eligible...more

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Final Hardship Distribution Regulations, Part Three: New Disaster Relief and Expanded Sources Available for Hardship Distributions

The IRS recently released final regulations making a number of changes to the rules applicable to hardship distributions from 401(k) and 403(b) plans. Concluding our three-part series on the final regulations, this blog entry...more

Blank Rome LLP

2017 Tax Law Change Provides Relief to Workers with 401(K) Plan Loans Who Lose Their Jobs

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Increasingly, 401(k) plans have become the primary retirement savings vehicle for workers in U.S. private industry, and according to the Investment Company Institute, at the end of 2015, 87 percent of 401(k) plan participants...more

Winstead PC

Select Limits, Hardship Withdrawal Changes and a Rollover Automation Option

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Updated Limits Impacting Participant Contribution Elections for 2019 - While we have been waiting on guidance regarding whether retirement plans must be amended for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act...more

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Retirement Plan Participants Reap Some Benefit From Tax Reform

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After a long period of relative stability enjoyed by sponsors of qualified retirement plans, several significant modifications have been made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Act), following closely on the heels of...more

King & Spalding

Compensation and Benefits Insights - September 2018

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The IRS recently updated its two model safe harbor explanations that can be used to satisfy the requirement under Section 402(f) to provide notices setting forth certain information to participants who are eligible for...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

What Do Your Executives Have In Common With Seven-Figure Income College Coaches?

Tax-exempt organizations may be surprised to learn of the practical impact of a statute enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017. Section 4960 of the Internal Revenue Code immediately put in place...more

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Tax Code Changes Require Examination of Hardship Withdrawals

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Hardship withdrawals from 401(k) plans have been impacted by the recent legislative enactments revising the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law in late 2017, indirectly limited the...more

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Tax Reform Requires Plan Sponsors to Update 401(k) Plan Special Tax Notices

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Section 402(f) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) requires plan sponsors to give written explanations of tax implications to recipients of qualified retirement plan distributions eligible for rollover treatment, often...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Rules for Hardship Distributions

Earlier this year, Congress passed, and the President signed into law, H.R. 1892, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. In addition to providing a continuing resolution to fund the federal government, the Act includes a change...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Recent and Upcoming Changes to 401(k) Plans

Legislation enacted in recent months should result in fewer operational errors and expanded participant opportunities. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act extends the period a participant may make a tax-free loan rollover to an IRA...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

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Hardship Distribution Changes – Tax Reform May Have Unintended Consequences

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When tax reform proposals were floating around in the fall of 2017, several early proposals to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) included changes to the hardship distribution rules for qualified retirement plans. However,...more

Winstead PC

2018 Benefits Grab Bag - Tax Reform, Bipartisan Budget Act and Other Items

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Even though the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made some changes to how the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) is to adjust retirement plan contribution limits late last year, the Service confirmed that the limits on retirement...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Tax Bill Impacts Tax Treatment of Relocation, Transportation, Other Fringe Benefits

On Friday, December 22, 2017, President Trump signed the 1,100-page tax bill into law. Although not as drastic as the original House proposal, the bill promises to bring about the most impactful tax reform that plan sponsors...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Final Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s Effects on Executive Compensation and Employee Benefit Practices

On December 20, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) was approved by Congress, and it was signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act dramatically impacts certain aspects of executive compensation...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing?

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Impact of Tax Reform on Employer-Provided Retirement, Welfare, and Fringe Benefits - The recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (the “Tax Reform Act”) made significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Although there...more

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Five Things Employers Should Know about Tax Reform

With the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act comes sweeping changes to executive and equity compensation and employee benefits. Employers should evaluate whether they will be subject to the $1 million tax deductibility...more

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