Defined contribution plan

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a new Publication 15-B, Employer’s Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits, for use in 2026. 

The Internal Revenue Service has released Instructions for Form 8915-F, Qualified Disaster Retirement Plan Distributions and Repayments.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has released a final rule updating the table for determining expected retirement ages for participants in pension plans undergoing distress or involuntary termination. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a Major Disaster Declaration on December 19, 2025, for disasters in Kansas and Montana. 

The Internal Revenue Service has posted the 2026 tax year version of Form 1042-S, Foreign Person’s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding. 

The Internal Revenue Service released the 2026 Publication 15-A, Employer’s Supplemental Tax Guide (Supplement to Pub. 15, Employer’s Tax Guide).

The Internal Revenue Service has released the 2026 tax year Form W-4R, Withholding Certificate for Nonperiodic Payments and Eligible Rollover Distributions. 

Representative Richard Neal (D-MA), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member, has reintroduced the Automatic IRA Act.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Ruling 2026-02 which contains the applicable federal rates for January 2026. 

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation jointly released the 2025 Form 5500, the 2025 Form 5500-SF, and their respective instructions and schedules.