Defined benefit plan

The Department of Labor’s Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)—the agency that insures and has primary governance over defined benefit (DB) pension plans—has issued the 2024 plan year version of its Comprehensive Premium Filing Instructions.

Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL), and Linda Sanchez (D-CA) have introduced H.R. 6757 to permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in a 401(a), 403(a), 403(b) or 457(b) arrangement.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a disaster declaration on December 23, 2023, for Utah flooding, for the incident period of May 1 – May 27, 2023.

The IRS has announced the postponement of certain tax-related deadlines for victims of Tennessee storms and tornadoes. The tax relief postpones various tax filing deadlines that began on December 9, 2023.

The IRS has issued Revenue Ruling 2024-1, containing the covered compensation tables for the 2024 plan year. These tables are used in calculations for defined benefit pension plans when permitted disparity, sometimes called integration, is used in determining employer-provided benefits.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2024-04, which contains updated guidance on factors used in certain defined benefit (DB) pension plan minimum funding and present value calculations. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a disaster declaration on December 13, 2023, for Tennessee severe storms and tornadoes, for the incident period of December 9, 2023.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule updating the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) and the Davis-Bacon Related Acts (together “DBRA”) nearly 40 years after the Department last completed a comprehensive revision of the guidelines.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the postponement of certain tax-related deadlines for victims of taxpayers impacted by elevated levels of lead and copper in water supply in Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands. Individuals and households affected by elevated levels of lead and copper that reside or have a business in St. Croix qualify for tax relief, as well as taxpayers with records located in the covered area that are needed to meet covered deadlines, qualify for relief.

The IRS has released a proposed rule reflecting statutory changes made by the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 related to long-term, part-time employees. The SECURE Act of 2019 expanded coverage for 401(k) plans to allow those who had worked at least 500 hours in three consecutive years to participate under a plan’s salary deferral provision – with service required to be counted beginning with plan years on or after January 1, 2021. SECURE 2.0 shortened this wait to two years effective for 2025 and later plan years, and expanded applicability to ERISA-covered 403(b) plans allowing salary deferrals.