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One of the most basic duties of a defined contribution plan sponsor is to ensure that that there is no delay and participants’ salary deferral elections are correctly and timely deposited into the retirement plan. Not only is...more
On December 20, 2023, the IRS issued Notice 2024-2, which provides question-and-answer guidance on various aspects of the SECURE 2.0 Act. This post focuses on the ability to make employer contributions (match or nonelective)...more
The IRS issued Notice 2024-2 (Notice), which provides guidance in a question and answer format concerning certain provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0). The following is a brief overview of key provisions in...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gave plan sponsors an early Christmas gift with the release of new guidance late last year addressing several key provisions contained in SECURE 2.0. A welcome portion of the notice was...more
Congress continues to pass laws that move 403(b) plans ever closer to 401(k) plans, but 403(b) plans remain distinct. Understanding these differences allows you to maintain a compliant plan that best serves the needs of your...more
New proposed regulations clarify how employers should implement retirement plan eligibility rules for long-term, part-time ("LTPT") employees. While some questions remain, the proposed regulations provide a number of welcome...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The IRS just announced the 2024 annual limits that will apply to tax-qualified retirement plans. For a third year in a row, the IRS increased the annual limits, allowing participants to save even more in...more
The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) significantly changes the legal and administrative compliance landscape for U.S. retirement plans. Foley & Lardner LLP is authoring a series of articles that take a “deep dive” into key...more
A recent announcement from the IRS (IR-2023-62) modifies and clarifies Roth IRA catch-up payment requirements for contributors who are aged 50 or older. IR-2023-62 delayed mandatory Roth IRA catch-up payments for high income...more
To the relief of plan sponsors everywhere, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Notice 2023-62, which provides guidance on the requirements of Section 603 of the SECURE Act 2.0 of 2022 relating to catch-up...more
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) provided welcome relief for administrators of plans offering catch-up contributions. Notice 2023-62, issued on August 25, essentially delays the effective date of a provision under the...more
As you probably already know, qualified retirement plans are permitted, but are not required, to allow participants who are age 50 or older to make additional elective deferrals (including designated Roth contributions),...more
The IRS has announced a two-year “administrative transition period” for plan sponsors to implement the SECURE 2.0 Act provision requiring higher-income employees to make retirement plan catch-up contributions as Roth...more
On Friday, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2023-62 (the “Notice”) providing welcome relief to plan sponsors with respect to the new SECURE 2.0 requirement that all catch-up contributions made by...more
On August 25, 2023, the IRS issued guidance delaying until January 1, 2026 the SECURE 2.0 requirement that any age 50 catch-up contributions by an employee with prior-year compensation over $145,000 be made on a Roth basis,...more
Our prior bulletin summarized the multitude of changes applicable to 401(k) and other retirement plans under the recently enacted “SECURE 2.0” law. This bulletin focuses on one of those changes and a potential reason for...more
The President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which included SECURE Act 2.0, on December 29, 2022. SECURE Act 2.0 has over 90 provisions, some major and some minor; some mandatory and some optional; some...more
Warner’s Employee Benefits Practice Group is pleased to present a webinar series on significant new retirement plan legislation, the SECURE Act 2.0. While we expect implementing the new law to take several years, some...more
Following the initial flurry of publications summarizing the retirement plan enhancements under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”), this post takes a deeper dive into one of those enhancements: the optional...more
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE Act 2.0”). SECURE Act 2.0 builds on 2019’s Setting Every Community Up for...more
In the final days of 2022, after months of back and forth, Congress adopted a myriad of law changes for qualified retirement plans, collectively known as the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”). SECURE 2.0 builds on the...more
President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, on December 29, 2022, which includes the package of retirement plan legislation known as “SECURE 2.0.” SECURE 2.0 contains numerous significant changes for...more
For the second time in approximately three years, Congress passed broad legislation with sweeping impacts on retirement savings programs. The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) was included as part of the Consolidated...more