Understanding Employee Benefits and key developments in the employee benefits field and items of interest to our clients. MORE

The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 requires certain 401(k) and 403(b) plans to include automatic enrollment and escalation features for the first plan year beginning after December 31, 2024, meaning that for those plans with a calendar plan year, the new year brought a new compliance obligation.

Beginning on January 1, 2025, 401(k) and 403(b)

The IRS has issued guidance (Rev. Proc. 2019-20) expanding the determination letter program for certain individually designed plans.  The IRS had previously announced in 2017 that the determination letter program for individually designed plans would be limited to initial plan qualification and qualification on plan termination.  Since that time, the IRS received many