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It’s About Time – Long Term, Part Time Employees – Part 2

Adam C. Pozek 11/27/23
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It’s About Time – Long Term, Part Time Employees – Part 1

Adam C. Pozek 11/27/23
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The New Eligible Inadvertent Failure: A “Catch-Most” for Self-Correcting Plan Errors

Adam C. Pozek 07/13/23
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Finding Balance with Form 5500

Adam C. Pozek 02/24/23
It’s rare that updates to the Form 5500 warrant little more than a yawn, if anyone other than those who prepare the forms even notice. That is NOT the case with changes issued by the Department of Labor today. In nearly 250 pages of new regulations, revised instructions and sample forms, the DOL announced some changes for the 2023 plan year that ...
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Automatic (Enrollment) for the People - Losing Your Discretion

Adam C. Pozek 02/6/23
Ever since creating the ACA, EACA, and QACA as part of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, Congress has acted like automatic enrollment is the greatest thing since sliced bread when it comes to improving workers’ retirement savings (never mind how ridiculous those acronyms sound, especially all together like that). They have continued down that ...
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Catch-Up Contributions: If It Ain’t Broke, Break It!

Adam C. Pozek 02/2/23
Adam C. Pozek | 02/02/23 Yeah, we know that’s not how the saying goes, but it appears Congress doesn’t.
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Roth, Roth and More Roth – as Far as the Eye Can See

Adam C. Pozek 01/31/23
Congress seems to be in a continual love fest with two retirement concepts – automatic enrollment and Roth contributions – and SECURE 2.0 (S2) continues the trend for both. I guess it’s not surprising. Automatic enrollment means more tax-deferred contributions (and, therefore, less tax revenue), whereas Roth contributions kick the tax can down the ...
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SECURE 2.0 Overview Post

Adam C. Pozek 01/12/23
You have likely already heard and read plenty about SECURE 2.0, signed into law on December 29, 2022. Rather than write yet another recitation of what’s in the new law in chronological order, we are going to share our initial thoughts here and go into further detail on some of the more interesting provisions in future posts.
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Secure 2.0 - Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch

Adam C. Pozek 03/31/22
Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed SECURE 2.0. The bill (actual name is Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022) passed by the nearly unanimous margin of 414 to 5. It doesn’t get much more bipartisan than that!
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Hardship Distributions Will Soon Be Less of a Hardship

Adam C. Pozek 02/9/18
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In the wee hours of this morning, Congress passed a spending bill to end the most recent government shutdown that had just begun at midnight. Although the bill was focused on funding the government and dealt with military spending and other items, a couple of retirement-plan-related provisions managed to find their way in.
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