IRS Guidance

The Internal Revenue Services (IRS) has issued Notice 2026-13, which provides two safe harbor explanations that plan administrators may use to satisfy the requirement under IRC Section 402(f) to provide certain information to participants requesting plan distributions.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Revenue Procedure (Rev. Proc.) 2026-4, which includes updates to determination letter submission procedures and user fees associated with Employee Plans Rulings and Agreements.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2026-05 which provides guidance on changes relating to health savings accounts (HSAs) enacted under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a draft Form 4547, Trump Account Election(s), and accompanying draft Instructions.

The Internal Revenue Service has provided reporting relief from the requirement to include a code “Y” on a 2025 Form 1099-R when reporting qualified charitable distributions from an IRA. The use of the new code for 2025 is now optional. Instructions for Forms 1099-R and 5498 indicated that use of the code in 2025 was required.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations implementing catch-up contribution requirements introduced by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0). These final regulations follow the proposed regulations released in January 2025, as detailed in a previous Washington Pulse.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations providing guidance for employers regarding new provisions on catch-up contributions as permitted by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0).

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2025-43, which contains updated guidance on factors used in certain defined benefit (DB) pension plan minimum funding and present value calculations.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Ruling 2025-17 which contains the applicable federal rates (AFR) for September 2025.

The IRS has announced the postponement of certain tax-related deadlines for victims of West Virgina severe storms until February 26, 2026.