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The Social Security Administration (SSA) has issued the 2026 adjustments for benefits and certain other limitations that are subject to annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) indices. One of these includes the increase in the Social Security taxable wage base (TWB)—the maximum amount of yearly earnings subject to Social Security taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued an updated draft Form 5330, Return of Excise Taxes Related to Employee Benefit Plans.

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 has issued Revenue Ruling 2025-21 which contains the applicable federal rates (AFR) for November 2025.

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 has issued a draft 2026 Form W-4P, Withholding Certificate for Periodic Pension or Annuity Payments. Form W-4P is used to withhold federal income tax from periodic retirement plan and IRA payments. Periodic payments are installment payments taken at regular intervals over a period of more than one year.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released draft Instructions for Form 8915-F, Qualified Disaster Retirement Plan Distributions and Repayments. Form 8915-F is used to report certain qualified disaster distributions and repayments of qualified disaster distributions, including 2021 and later disasters.

The Internal Revenue Service has provided draft Instructions for Form 5498-ESA, Coverdell ESA Contribution Information, for the 2026 tax year. Form 5498-ESA is used to report Coverdell education savings account beneficiary and custodian/trustee information, tax identification and account numbers, annual contributions, and rollovers.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued draft Form 5498-ESA, Coverdell ESA Contribution Information. Form 5498-ESA is used to report Coverdell education savings account beneficiary and custodian/trustee information, tax identification and account numbers, annual contributions, and rollovers.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a draft Form 5498-SA, HSA, Archer MSA, or Medicare Advantage MSA Information. This form is used to report annual contributions, rollovers, fair market value, and taxpayer-specific information for these accounts, which are designed for the accumulation of funds for healthcare expenses, in association with high deductible health insurance plans.