Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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. Who is a long-term part-time employee?

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Money Talk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

There is a two-year look-back period so 2022 IRMAA surcharges are based on 2020 modified adjusted gross income (MAGI). There are five MAGI income ranges for IRMAA, with 2022 payments ranging from $238.10 The 2022 standard Medicare Part B premium for most older adults, for whom IRMAA is a non-issue, is $171.10. to $573.30

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Insperity

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In December 2022, the U.S. workers better prepare financially for retirement, at every stage of their employment journey. In requiring employers to take actions that can improve their employees’ financial wellness, the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 Expanding on the provisions laid out in the original SECURE Act of 2019, the SECURE 2.0

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Money Talk

JUNE 16, 2022

Examples include a 401(k) or 403(b) plan and traditional IRA. Does your employer offer matching retirement contributions? Contribution Limits- The maximum contribution for Roth and traditional individual retirement accounts (IRAs) in 2022 is $6,000 (under age 50) and $7,000 (age 50+). .

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Money Talk

DECEMBER 22, 2021

As we close out 2021 and get ready to welcome 2022, it is a good time to consider the impact of indexes (a.k.a., In 2022, beneficiaries will receive a 5.9% a $59 increase for every $1,000 of benefits) in 2022. Estate and Gift Tax Exemption - The exemption amount in 2022 will be $12.06 indices) on our financial lives.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Act of 2022” as part of the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act; President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law soon. Until then, below is a high-level summary of some key highlights for employers and retirement plan sponsors: Improving Access to Retirement Savings. The wait is over for SECURE 2.0, may be viewed here.

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Money Talk

MARCH 22, 2023

With 2022 income tax season well underway and almost three months already passed in 2023, now is an appropriate time to review some evergreen tax planning tools and techniques. For example, for married couples, the standard deduction is $27,700 in 2023 vs. $25,900 in 2022 and for individuals $13,850 vs. $12,950.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

JANUARY 16, 2024

Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”), the IRS issued Notice 2024-02 , which addresses SECURE 2.0 Although Notice 2024-02 offers helpful guidance for employers and plan administrators, it does not include hotly anticipated guidance on SECURE 2.0 401(k) Plan : A spin-off plan from a pre-SECURE 2.0 Merger of Pre-SECURE 2.0

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Best Money Moves

OCTOBER 7, 2021

5 financial steps to support employees in 2022. Consider these 5 suggestions for bringing financial wellness to your workforce in 2022, as well as why these steps are good for employers as well as employees. Here are five steps to increasing employee financial wellness for 2022. Help your employees plan for the future.

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Money Talk

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Traditional IRAs and employer plans). Types of Tax-Deferred Accounts - These include employer-sponsored defined contribution plans (e.g., 401(k), 403(b), 457, thrift savings plan), Traditional IRAs funded with pre-tax dollars, simplified employee pensions (SEPs) for self-employed workers, and annuities.

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International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Act of 2022 allows employers to make matching contributions toward employees’ qualified student loan payments (QSLPs) to 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans and governmental 457(b) plans (and SIMPLE IRAs plans not summarized in this blog). Section 110 of the SECURE 2.0

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Business Management Daily

MAY 5, 2022

The plan sponsor, most likely the employer, bears all the investment risk and pays you a fixed amount every month until you die. Defined contribution plans such as 401(k) plans were never meant to function as retirement plans—they are profit-sharing plans. And when times get tough, employers often suspend their contributions.

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Money Talk

JUNE 29, 2022

We are almost at the halfway mark of 2022, which makes this a perfect time to assess your financial progress and take action over the next six months. Investment Portfolio Rebalancing Review - To put it mildly, the stock market has been very volatile during the first half of 2022. 401(k) or 403(b) plan).

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Money Talk

JULY 13, 2023

Act of 2022 , passed last December, has financial planning opportunities for both the accumulation and distribution phases of retirement planning. New Catch-Up Limit - Currently, additional catch-up savings ($7,500 in 2023) in employer retirement plans is available for workers age 50+. The SECURE 2.0

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Money Talk

JANUARY 26, 2022

New RMD tables went into effect in 2022, so this is a good time to discuss RMDs. 401(k)/403(b)/457, TSP, SEP, and Traditional IRA accounts). New IRS Tables - New Uniform Lifetime (life expectancy) tables became effective for RMDs beginning January 1, 2022 and replace those in effect previously. The divisor is 27.4

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Business Management Daily

APRIL 1, 2022

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. New employers in business for fewer than three years.

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Griffin Benefits

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Together, these combined announcements by the IRS detail 2023 adjusted limits to the amounts employees can tuck away pretax into Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), transportation benefits, and retirement plans such as 401(k)s. FSA Employer Contribution Limits for 2023.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) was signed into law on December 29, 2022 as part of the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, and included a myriad of required and optional plan design changes for retirement plan sponsors and employers (described in more detail here ). As previously discussed, the SECURE 2.0 Section 603 of SECURE 2.0

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

legislation that was enacted at the end of 2022 included an expansion of the ability for a section 401(k) or 403(b) plan, or a governmental section 457(b) plan, to provide matching contributions on participants’ student loan payments. These requirements made the benefit unattractive for many employers.

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Griffin Benefits

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The IRS has finally announced adjustments to 2022 contribution limits on various tax-advantaged health and dependent care spending accounts, retirement plans, and other employee benefits such as adoption assistance and transportation benefits. What follows is a summary of the new IRS limits; Health Care FSA Limits Increase for 2022.

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Money Talk

APRIL 28, 2022

Before I did, I reviewed notes that I had taken looking for some “timeless nuggets” that are still relevant in 2022. Health Savings Accounts - One study found that the tax savings on many employees’ contributions to a health savings account (HSA) increases wealth by more than an employer match on the same employees’ 401(k) contributions.

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HR Digest

APRIL 30, 2022

A Bitcoin 401(k). recently revealed that they plan to offer investors the option to put bitcoin in their 401(k)s by the end of this year. A 401(k) plan is a company-sponsored retirement account where employee funding might come directly from their paychecks and may be matched by the employer.

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Money Talk

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Limited Investment Alternatives - Stocks have not been doing well during most of 2022 but neither are bonds, cryptocurrencies, or cash equivalent assts (money market funds and CDs) that are losing purchasing power to inflation. Recent research provides clear evidence of the positive effects of financial education on financial behaviors.

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Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The Employee Benefits Security Administration has had an on-again, off-again approach to whether employers can allow 401(k) investment choices to promote social, environmental, or other public policy causes—called economically targeted investments or sometimes environmental, social, or governance investing. 20 questions.

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International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

AUGUST 22, 2023

With the federal student loan relief plan ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, more employers are expected to consider offering student loan repayment benefits (loan paydown) or 401(k)/403(b) matching under the SECURE Act 2.0

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

JANUARY 30, 2023

As part of our continuing series on SECURE 2.0 , signed into law December 29, 2022, this post focuses on significant changes for section 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity plans (“403(b) plans”). Historically, the Code restricted 403(b) plans more than 401(k) plans in terms of the contributions and earnings available for hardship withdrawal.

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 5, 2023

Act of 2022 —90+ provisions focused on 401(k) and other retirement plans. Congress has chosen to pay for it by mandating that plans offering certain 401(k) features, like catch-up contributions, be made on an after-tax, Roth basis. 401(k) plans established after Dec. which was enacted in 2019.

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Money Talk

DECEMBER 7, 2022

New RMD Table- A new Uniform Lifetime Table took effect for RMDs beginning in 2022. 401(k)s and 403(b)s), however, nor can RMDs for personal IRAs and inherited IRAs be combined. It is a good idea to consider investment performance and portfolio rebalancing needs when taking RMDs.

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Business Management Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This should give you pause if you’re considering allowing your 401(k) plan to offer a crypto investment option. So in March 2022, the DOL issued guidance cautioning employers about offering a crypto investment option in their 401(k) plans. This lawsuit has been bouncing around since June 2022.

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Money Talk

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In 2022, the FOMC has been gradually increasing interest rates in incremental steps in an attempt to lower inflation. For example, $100 in a mutual fund or 5% of pay every payday in an employer retirement savings plan. Consumer Price Index (CPI) – The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of inflation used by the U.S.

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

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. Sally’s employer has until April 15, 2022, to do this. Remember Sally?

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Benefits Notes

MAY 16, 2022

Employers sponsoring 401(k) or other types of defined contribution plans “pre-approved” by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should be aware that the restatement deadline is quickly approaching. The deadline for the current restatement cycle, “Cycle 3,” is July 31, 2022.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

MAY 5, 2022

The Sixth Circuit, in a matter of first impression for that Circuit, held an arbitration clause contained in an individual employment agreement did not apply to ERISA fiduciary breach claims brought on behalf of a defined contribution plan. 4th __, 2022 WL 1236954 (6th Cir. The case is Hawkins et al. Cintas Corp. , 21-2156, __ F.4th

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InterWest Insurance Services

MARCH 22, 2022

The deadline is fast approaching for employers with 5 or more workers in California, and who do not already offer their employees a retirement plan, to register their staff for the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program. Employers with 50 or more workers – The deadline for registration was June 30, 2021. 401(k) plans.

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Best Money Moves

JANUARY 31, 2023

Almost 4 in 10 employees say they’re not confident about reaching their retirement goals, according to a 2022 Bank of America report , and even more are unsure if they have enough savings to retire. Some may be at the beginning stages and need help simply choosing between a Roth IRA or 401(k).

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Best Money Moves

DECEMBER 9, 2024

According to Mercers Survey on Health and Benefits Strategies for 2025, about two-thirds of large employers said that improving healthcare affordability is a priority for the next year. One method of support employers are providing will come in the form of affordable deductibles. These benefits trends will continue going into 2025.

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Best Money Moves

JUNE 1, 2022

Here’s how employers can support their teams cope with inflation with the right benefits choices. . Luckily, there are methods employers can use to help employees weather this period. Here are 5 benefits employers can use to help employees cope with inflation. Improved Retirement Benefits. Health Care Assistance.

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