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IRS Publishes 2024 Mortality Table for DB Plans
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).
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IRS Issues Yield Curves and Segment Rates for DB Plan Calculations
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2023-72, which contains updated guidance on factors used in certain defined benefit (DB) pension plan minimum funding and present value calculations.
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IRS Issues Mortality Table Regulations Used for Pension Plans
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released final regulations titled “Mortality Tables for Determining Present Value under Defined Benefit Pension Plans”.
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IRS Priority Guidance Plan Includes Retirement Items
The IRS has issued its 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan, in which it describes guidance projects in the current fiscal year.
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IRS Updates Several Model VCP Compliance Forms
In a recent issue of the Employee Plans News, the IRS has announced the update of several forms used to submit Voluntary Correction Program applications to the IRS.
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IRS Issues Yield Curves and Segment Rates for DB Plan Calculations
The IRS has issued Notice 2023-66, which contains updated guidance on factors used in certain defined benefit (DB) pension plan minimum funding and present value calculations.
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IRS Announces Applicable Federal Rates for October 2023
The IRS has issued Revenue Ruling 2023-18, which contains the applicable federal rates (AFR) for October 2023.
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IRS Updates Procedures for Exceptions from Certain Electronic Filing Requirements
The IRS has issued Revenue Procedure 2023-31, which addresses requests for undue hardship waiver or administrative exception from the electronic filing requirements for Form 8955-SSA, Annual Registration Statement Identifying Separated Participants With Deferred Vested Benefits, and Form 5500-EZ, Annual Return of A One Participant (Owners/Partners and Their Spouses) Retirement Plan or A Foreign Plan.
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Plan Sponsors May Be Able to Ignore 8955-SSA Late Filing Letters
The IRS has announced that plan sponsors who timely filed complete Forms 8955-SSA do not need to respond to CP 283-C penalty notices dated prior to September 1, 2023. In an Employee Plans News bulletin, the IRS indicates the CP 283-C was sent to plan sponsors who timely filed their 2022 Forms 8955-SSA due to an IRS system programming issue.
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DOL Extending Grace Period for EFAST2 Using Login.gov
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced that it will extend the grace period to obtain new Login.gov credentials for the EFAST2 filing system until December 31, 2023.