Regulatory and Legislative

Department of Labor (DOL) guidance titled “Amendment of Abandoned Plan Program” that has been with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) since last July, has left OMB. According to the abstract filed with OMB, the principal purpose of the amendments is to permit bankruptcy trustees to use the DOL’s program to terminate and wind up the plans of sponsors in liquidation under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Proposed RMD regulations were released in February 2022.

Under the proposed regulations, if an account owner dies on or after their required beginning date, beneficiaries who are subject to the 10-year rule must take annual life expectancy payments during the first nine years.

The IRS has issued Revenue Ruling 2024-09, which contains the applicable federal rates (AFR) for May 2024.

The IRS has issued Notice 2024-35 to provide additional transition relief for certain specified RMDs for 2024.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing to collect information in order to establish the Retirement Savings Lost and Found online searchable database described in Section 523 of ERISA as amended by Section 303 of SECURE 2.0.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a disaster declaration on April 13, 2024, for California severe winter storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides, and mudslides for the incident period of January 31 – February 9, 2024.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a disaster declaration on April 13, 2024, for Oregon severe winter storms, straight-line-winds, landslides, and mudslides, for the incident period of January 10, 2024–January 22, 2024.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2024-34, which contains updated guidance on factors used in certain defined benefit (DB) pension plan minimum funding and present value calculations.

A final rule titled “Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary” has left the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a disaster declaration on April 6, 2024, for Alaska severe storm, flooding, and landslides, for the incident period of November 20, 2023.