In Compliance Assistance Release No. 2025-01, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has rescinded a 2022 compliance release that previously discouraged fiduciaries from including cryptocurrency options in 401(k) retirement plans. On March 10, 2022, the Department of Labor (the Department) issued Compliance Assistance Release No. 2022-01 (the 2022 release) regarding 401(k) plan investments in
Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2025-01, Missing Participants and Beneficiaries – Pension Plans’ Transfer of Small Retirement Benefit Payments to State Unclaimed Property Fund, announces a temporary enforcement policy applicable to small retirement benefit payments owed to missing participants or beneficiaries that a responsible plan fiduciary voluntarily decides to pay over to a state unclaimed property
The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service recently issued proposed regulations addressing certain SECURE 2.0 Act provisions, including a provision generally requiring newly-established 401(k) and 403(b) plans to automatically enroll eligible employees beginning with the 2025 plan year. In general, unless an employee opts out, a plan must automatically enroll the employee at
The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued on January 10, 2025 proposed regulations addressing several SECURE 2.0 Act provisions relating to catch-up contributions, which are additional contributions under a 401(k) or similar workplace retirement plan that generally are allowed with respect to employees who are age 50 or older. This includes
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2024-77, “Guidance Under Sections 414(aa) and 402(c)(12) of the Internal Revenue Code with Respect to Inadvertent Benefit Overpayments” provides interim guidance on the treatment of inadvertent benefit overpayments under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022. The notice offers interim guidance in a Q&A format on sections 414(aa) and 402(c)(12) of
In its continuing effort to protect U.S. workers’ retirement and health benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor updated current cybersecurity guidance confirming that it applies to all types of plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, including health and welfare plans, and all employee retirement benefit plans. The new Compliance Assistance Release issued by the
The Internal Revenue Service reminds businesses that starting in tax year 2023 changes under the SECURE 2.0 Act may affect the amounts they need to report on their Forms W-2. The SECURE 2.0 Act allows for additional features in various employer retirement plans to encourage use of these plans. The provisions potentially affecting Forms W-2