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Representative Claudia Tenney (R-NY) has introduced the Retirement Investment in Small Employers (RISE) Act.

The IRS has issued Notice 2023-75, which contains the 2024 cost-of-living increases for qualified retirement plan dollar limitations on benefits and contributions under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).

The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) has updated its table titled, “Present Value of PBGC Maximum Guarantee.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has released a new proposed rule updating the definition of an investment advice fiduciary under ERISA.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a disaster declaration on October 26, 2023, for severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding in Kansas.

SECURE 2.0 expands hardship self-certification. 

SECURE 2.0 requires that all catch-up contributions for a participant whose FICA wages for the prior year exceed $145,000 (indexed) be made on a Roth basis.

Senators John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) have re-introduced the Retirement Savings for Americans Act.

The IRS has issued Notice 2023-73, specifying the mortality table used in determining minimum present value under IRC 417(e)(3) and ERISA section 205(g)(3).

The Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a disaster declaration on October 18, 2023, for California Tropical Storm Hilary, for the incident period of August 19 – August 21, 2023.