Kevin E. Nolt

SECURE 2.0 Provisions Impacting Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans

NICOLAS DEGUINES and KEVIN E. NOLT, January 13, 2023 Background The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) was signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. SECURE 2.0 comes after many in the retirement plan community predicted […]

Proposed Changes to the Department of Labor’s Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program

KEVIN NOLT, December 21, 2022 On November 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published proposed updates to its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP). VFCP is designed to encourage employers to voluntarily comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) by voluntarily correcting certain prohibited transactions and submitting those corrections to […]

The IRS Extends Retirement Plan Payment and Filing Deadlines

CATHERINE L. REAGAN and KEVIN E. NOLT, April, 2020   (Updated May 1, 2020) In response to the coronavirus pandemic, on April 10, 2020 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-23, extending the deadlines for the time-sensitive actions set forth in Revenue Procedure 2018-58 to July 15, 2020.1  These extensions apply to certain retirement plan […]

The 2020 Must-Do List for Qualified Retirement Plans

CRAIG P. HOFFMAN and KEVIN E. NOLT, February, 2020    Qualified retirement plans are subject to a number of administrative changes, document requirements and other deadlines effective with or during the 2020 calendar/plan year, especially in light of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE). The following article summarizes these changes […]

IRS Guidance on Pension Plan Mortality Tables and Funding Methods

KEVIN E. NOLT, November 2017 Recent guidance by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) impacts the funding rules applicable to defined benefit pension plans. As described below, the guidance changes the mortality tables used for minimum funding (and other) purposes and the process used to modify a plan’s funding methods. We recommend that plan sponsors and […]

Pension Plan Limitations and Other Applicable Limitations for 2017

SHANNON OLIVER and KEVIN E. NOLT, October 2016   The Internal Revenue Service has announced the annual cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for pension plans and other items for Tax Year 2017. Many of the pension plan limitations were increased, as the increase in the cost-of-living index met the statutory limits that initiate their adjustment. […]

Updates to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System

KEVIN E. NOLT, October 2016    The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2016-51 on September 29, 2016 which updates the current version of the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”), effective January 1, 2017. The current EPCRS, issued in 2013 in Revenue Procedure 2013-12, had become outdated due to changes made to the program […]

IRS Provides Update on Pending Guidance on the Determination Letter Program

KEVIN E. NOLT, January 2016 On January 4, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2016-03, which provides that the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the IRS will issue guidance in anticipation of the elimination, effective January 1, 2017, of the five-year remedial amendment cycle system for individually designed retirement plans under the IRS […]

Pension Plan Limitations and Other Applicable Limitations for 2016

SHANNON OLIVER and KEVIN E. NOLT, October 2015 — The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has announced the annual cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for retirement plans and other items for Tax Year 2016. The retirement plan limitations generally are unchanged in 2016 because in most cases the slight increase in the cost-of-living index […]