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SECURE 2.0
Regulatory and Legislative
Retirement Plan Disaster Assistance May Be Available for Rhode Island Severe Storms
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a disaster declaration on January 7, 2024 for Rhode Island severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes, for the incident period of September 10 – September 13, 2023.
Regulatory and Legislative
IRS Issues SECURE 2.0 Guidance
The IRS has released Notice 2024-2, Miscellaneous Changes Under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022. The so-called “Grab Bag” Notice provides guidance to multiple provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022.
Regulatory and Legislative
Improved Coverage for Long-Term, Part-Time Employees
The SECURE 2.0 Act has shortened the time necessary to allow part-time workers access to 401(k) plans.
Regulatory and Legislative
SECURE 2.0 Act Changes RMD Rules
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which included the SECURE 2.0 Act.
Regulatory and Legislative
SECURE 2.0 Changes Catch-Up Contribution Rules
Under current law, employers may allow participants age 50 and older to make catch-up contributions on a pretax or Roth basis.
Regulatory and Legislative
How SECURE 2.0 Changed the Hardship Rules
Employers with 401(k) and 403(b) plans may allow participants to take a hardship distribution as long as the distribution is made on account of an immediate and heavy financial need, does not exceed the amount necessary to satisfy that need, and the participant does not have an alternative means reasonably available to satisfy such financial need.
Regulatory and Legislative
IRS Provides Additional RMD Transition Relief Under SECURE, SECURE 2.0
The IRS has issued Notice 2023-54 to provide transition relief for required minimum distributions in connection with the change in required beginning date to age 73 under SECURE 2.0, and guidance for certain specified RMDs for 2023.
Regulatory and Legislative
SECURE 2.0 Will Allow a Special Emergency Savings Account Within Certain Qualified Plans
Pension-Linked Emergency Savings Accounts
Regulatory and Legislative
How SECURE 2.0 Affects Family Attribution Rules
SECURE 2.0 is the hot topic in the retirement industry right now and has been hailed as the most important retirement enhancement legislation in more than a decade.
Regulatory and Legislative
SECURE 2.0 Provides New Ways to Take Penalty-Free Distributions
The SECURE 2.0 Act provides more ways for individuals to access their retirement savings and creates new exceptions to the 10% early distribution penalty tax.