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The IRS recently published its final regulations addressing changes to Tax Code Section 401(a)(9), relating to required minimum distributions (RMDs), under the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019...more
On July 18th, the Internal Revenue Service released final regulations regarding required minimum distributions (RMDs) from retirement accounts. The final regulations reflect changes to the Internal Revenue Code made by the...more
A federal judge in San Diego rejected Qualcomm Inc.’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by a 401(k) plan participant over forfeitures....more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently extended relief with respect to certain post-death required minimum distributions (RMDs) under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(9)....more
If the U.S. Department of Labor’s Notice of Proposed Information Collection Request, issued on April 15, 2024, becomes final, fiduciary retirement plan committees may be asked to evaluate the important question of whether the...more
Investment managers who manage private employee benefit plan and individual retirement account (collectively, “Plan”) assets have long relied on Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (commonly referred to as the “QPAM...more
On November 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a collection of regulatory changes in its ongoing quest to update the definition of a “fiduciary” under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code (the...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 6, 2023 – November 10, 2023...more
Responding to the “terrifying” reality that conflicted investment advice is costing retirement savers billions of dollars each year, on October 31, 2023, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued proposed rules representing its...more
As part of our ongoing series on tax issues for accounting firms, this article provides information on retirement or deferred compensation arrangements, the related rules of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, and how...more
Another Mess- Congress has only a few days to avert a “shutdown” of the federal government. It’s not looking good in the House, as Speaker McCarthy has struggled to bring certain members of the majority into line, while...more
In part 1 of this article, we reviewed the federal law on permitted investments for self-directed IRAs and the various tax, compliance and reporting rules that apply to individual retirement accounts (IRAs). Part 2 discusses...more
When the Internal Revenue Code was amended in 2006 to add Automatic Enrollment with fiduciary protection, I was for it. If we could get participants to save passively, maybe they would decide to be active participants and...more
On March 21, 2023, the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2023-27, which announced that Treasury and the IRS intend to issue guidance related to the treatment of certain...more
At the end of 2022, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (together, the “IRS”) issued two sets of guidance – a final rule and a proposed rule – addressing the application of certain provisions of...more
The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 was enacted at the end of last year as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. The act sets forth a number of changes affecting retirement plans that go into effect over several years....more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 14, 2022 – November 18, 2022...more
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides for 100% premium assistance to certain qualified beneficiaries for continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) for periods of...more
Barron’s recently reported in an article called The Real Cost of Healthcare in Retirement. The article suggests that seniors with adequate Medicare coverage will spend on average $260,000 per couple on healthcare from age 65...more
The Paycheck Protection Program money is spent, the temporary $600 weekly unemployment supplement is over, and we still need money. We could draw on our savings, sell investments, or take out a loan against our home. Usually,...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a notice of a proposed class exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC)...more
Congress recently passed significant legislation affecting employer-sponsored employee benefit plans. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019 (H.R. 1994) was passed by the Senate on...more
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act), signed into law on Dec. 20, 2019, will have a wide-ranging impact on tax-qualified retirement plans and individual retirement accounts,...more
Hundreds of articles have been published over the last two weeks about the SECURE Act (“Act”), which was signed into law in late December as part of the most recent budget bill. As you are certainly aware by now, the Act...more
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”), the largest package of retirement system reforms in over a decade, was enacted on December 20, 2019. Many of the provisions in the...more