News & Analysis as of October 18, 2024

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

Fifty Years of ERISA

Lathrop GPM on 9/5/2024

On Labor Day fifty years ago, September 2, 1974, President Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) into law. It is a combination of tax and labor law incorporating trust law like fiduciary...more

IRS Increases Benefit Plan Limits for 2024

Warner Norcross + Judd on 11/10/2023

The IRS has announced increased annual limits for retirement and other benefit plans for 2024. While the increases for 2024 are smaller than we’ve seen in prior years, they still may have a significant impact on plans and...more

2021 Limits for Benefit Plans

Fisher Phillips on 12/3/2020

The IRS has announced the 2021 dollar limits impacting retirement plans and IRAs. The agency also issued welfare plan limits, as well as ACA penalties. The chart below summarizes these 2021 figures along with the...more

Issues Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries Should Watch

Winstead PC on 3/13/2018

Once upon a time, our retirement plan worries were primarily generated by the U.S. Department of Labor (“DoL”) or the Internal Revenue Service and their regulatory and enforcement efforts. In more recent times we have seen...more

Year-End Health and Retirement Plan Guidance Grab Bag

Winstead PC on 12/26/2013

Following Hawaii’s enactment of legislation recognizing same-sex marriage as of and after December 2, 2013 a number of additional pieces of guidance were also issued. Internal Revenue Service’s Frequently Asked Questions...more

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