When the new Social Security benefit amounts and qualified retirement plan limits are announced in early fall each year, usually not all of them will rise in any given year because of how the limits are rounded down to the next lower multiple. Due to...
October
28
2022
Qualified Plan and Social Security Limits to Rise by Record Amounts in 2023
Posted by David J. Kupstas, FSA, EA, MSEA
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November
05
2021
Big Jump for Qualified Plan Limits and Social Security in 2022
Posted by David J. Kupstas, FSA, EA, MSEA
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As a result of higher increases to the Consumer Price Index in 2021 than have been seen in recent years, Social Security benefits and qualified retirement plan limits will rise significantly in 2022, according to recent announcements from the IRS and...
October
29
2020
Out with 2020, In with the 2021 Retirement Plan Rates and Limits
Posted by David J. Kupstas, FSA, EA, MSEA
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As we head toward the close of this turbulent year, we have learned that most IRS limits related to qualified retirement plans will hold steady in 2021. Retirees receiving Social Security benefits will receive another modest increase, while PBGC prem...
July
08
2020
The CARES Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020, allows employees affected by COVID-19 greater access to money set aside for them in employer retirement plans. As often happens, many details of this new law were not immediately clear. We found ourse...
August
21
2019
How to Fix a Participant Loan
Posted by David J. Kupstas, FSA, EA, MSEA
in 401(k), participant loan, epcrs, irs, vcp
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Recently, we shared the basic rules related to participant loans in qualified retirement plans. From time to time, there will be loans that are not in compliance with one or more of these rules. What happens then? Is there a fix? Today, we will go th...