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Safe harbor 401(k) vs. traditional 401(k): What’s the difference?

Genesis HR Solutions

If you’re a small business owner interested in starting a 401(k) plan for your employees, you already understand how they will benefit, but you should also understand how the plan will affect you. Sometimes, the traditional 401(k) plan doesn’t end up providing you the full benefit you’d hoped for.

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IRS Proposes 401(k) Plan Regulations Implementing Long-Term Part-Time Employee Eligibility Requirements

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

The day after Thanksgiving, while many of us were fortunate enough to be reaching for leftover pie, the IRS released proposed regulations implementing the requirement that 401(k) plan sponsors permit “long-term part-time employees” to make elective contributions to a 401(k) plan. How did we get here? Here’s an example.

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Retirement Savings? HSA, IRA or 401(k)

Benefit Resource Inc.

Make sure you are getting the 401(k) match. Many employers will offer a 401(k) match up to a certain percentage. Additionally, contributions to a 401(k) are made will pre-tax dollars, so you save on taxes as well. Just like 401k matching programs, more employers are offering HSA matching programs.

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3 Reasons to Boost Your Employee Benefits Offerings in 2020

Achievers

A matching 401(k) or pension. Really, if your business is doing well and 2019 was a successful year, there’s no good reason to be stingy with the benefits in 2020. Some paid parental leave. Use of a company car. And if you’re really shooting for the moon, you may even provide a few of these: Unlimited vacation time.

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What you should know about the House’s new 401(k) legislation

Business Management Daily

Figuring that defined-contribution plans such as 401(k)s weren’t nearly secure as they should be after the passage of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, Congress is taking another stab at it with the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021 (H.R. Student loans and 401(k) plans.

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How the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 benefits your workplace

Insperity

Act of 2022 Expanding on the provisions laid out in the original SECURE Act of 2019, the SECURE 2.0 employer-sponsored 401(k) plans. Starting in 2024, employees’ annual contribution limits to some SIMPLE 401(k)s or IRAs will rise. Act of 2022 contains more than 90 provisions and covers 358 pages. The SECURE 2.0

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Check W-2, Box 12 Code D to ensure 401(k) compliance

Business Management Daily

The IRS uses those codes to determine compliance with other sections of the tax code, like 401(k) compliance and teasing out employees who earn too much to make tax-deductible IRA contributions. W-2 coding for 401(k) contributions. Use Code D to report 401(k) make-up pretax contributions. Remember Sally?

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