The Internal Revenue Service has broadened the filing and payment relief provided under prior guidance. IRS Notice 2020-23 postpones, among other relief, the due date for employee benefit plans required to make the Form 5500 series filings due on or after April 1, 2020, and before July 15, 2020. Plans with original due dates or
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Don’t Overlook Your Employee Benefit Plans as You Evaluate the Effect of the Final Overtime Rule
Before employers implement their proposed workforce changes resulting from the finalization of the new overtime rule, released September 24, 2019, see our article for more information, employers should consider what impact those proposed workforce changes may have on their employee benefit plans.
Employee benefit plans with criteria for eligibility, contribution, etc. based on the classification…
IRS Finalizes Regulations Allowing Plan Forfeitures to Fund QNECS and QMACS
By Joshua Rafsky on
The IRS recently finalized regulations that allow 401(k) plans to use forfeiture money to fund qualified non-elective contributions (“QNECs”) and qualified matching contributions (“QMACs”). These regulations finalize proposed regulations issued last year (you can read our prior coverage of the proposed regulations here).
By way of background, QNECs and QNECs are types of employer…