Defined contribution plan

The IRS has issued Notice 2024-80, which contains the 2025 cost-of-living increases for qualified retirement plan dollar limitations on benefits and contributions under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Notice 2024-73, providing guidance regarding the participation of long-term, part-time (LTPT) employees in 403(b) plans subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a Major Disaster Declaration on October 25, 2024, for Virgin Islands Tropical Storm Ernesto, for the incident period of August 13 – August 16, 2024. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued Major Disaster Declarations on October 21, 2024, for the following locations:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a Major Disaster Declaration on October 19, 2024, for North Carolina Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight, for the incident period of September 16, 2024 – September 20, 2024.

The IRS has posted final regulations regarding income tax withholding on certain periodic payments and nonperiodic distributions from employer deferred compensation plans, individual retirement plans, and commercial annuities that are not eligible rollover distributions.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a Major Disaster Declaration on October 16, 2024, for Alaska flooding, for the incident period of August 5, 2024 – August 6, 2024.

The Internal Revenue Service has released Notice 2024-77, Guidance Under Sections 414(aa) and 402(c)(12) of the Internal Revenue Code with Respect to Inadvertent Benefit Overpayments.

The IRS has issued Revenue Ruling 2024-24 which contains the applicable federal rates (AFR) for October 2024. These rates are used for such purposes as calculating distributions from retirement savings arrangements that meet the requirements for substantially equal periodic payments (a 10 percent early distribution penalty tax exception), also referred to as “72(t) payments.”

The IRS has announced the postponement of certain tax-related deadlines for victims of Hurricane Milton in Florida until May 1, 2025.