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Retirement plan compliance news

Understanding how legislation affects retirement solutions is key to your business. We have several channels to help you and your clients keep up to date with the latest legislative and regulatory news.

Compliance news articles deliver hot topics and information that you may want to communicate to your clients immediately. These articles don’t come out on a set publication schedule. Compliance news articles are published within a few days following a release of a new or proposed law or regulation. The quick turnaround helps give you an edge in communicating timely information to your clients.

Compliance newsletters are a regularly published monthly newsletter that summarizes developments and items of interest that have occurred during the month.

Compliance news articles

February 2025:

  • Puerto Rico 2026 Limits

Compliance monthly newsletters

March newsletter

  • Extension of Certain Proposed RMD Regulations
    The IRS issued Announcement 2026-7, extending the effective date of certain provisions in proposed required minimum distribution regulations.
  • Proposed Regulations Related to Required Statements
    The DOL issued proposed regulations implementing requirements related to the electronic delivery of certain notices and disclosures.
  • DOL National Enforcement Projects for Employee Benefit Plans
    The DOL announced an overhaul of its national enforcement projects for 2026.
  • Puerto Rico 2026 Limits
    The Puerto Rico Department of Treasury announced the 2026 limits for retirement plans dually or solely qualified in Puerto Rico.
  • Disaster Relief
    The IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief in response to severe storms and flooding in Louisiana and Montana.

January newsletter

  • IRS Guidance on Trump Accounts
    The IRS issued Notice 2025-68, providing initial guidance on Trump Accounts.
  • Disaster Relief
    The IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief in response to various national disasters.
2025 Newsletters

December newsletter

  • PBGC Present Value of Maximum Guarantee
    PBGC announced the 2026 present value of maximum guarantee.
  • 2026 Dollar Limits
    Various IRA and qualified retirement plan annual limits announced for 2026.
  • Missouri Disaster Relief
    The IRS and PBGC issued disaster relief for certain deadlines until March 30, 2026, in parts of Missouri.

November newsletter

  • 2026 PBGC Levels
    Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced the flat and variable rate premium amounts as well as the maximum benefit levels for various purposes for 2026.
  • Disaster Relief
    The IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief in response to severe storms and flooding in Alaska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

October newsletter

  • Spring 2025 Agenda Update
    The Spring Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was recently released and includes items impacting retirement plans.
  • Catch-Up Contributions Final Regulations
    Final regulations issued for catch-up contribution changes that support the updates covered within SECURE 2.0.
  • Disaster Relief for Wisconsin
    The IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief for businesses and individuals impacted by severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, and mudslides in Wisconsin.

September newsletter

  • PBGC Miscellaneous Final Rule
    PBGC issued its final rule outlining miscellaneous technical corrections that address premium rates, due dates, and deadlines for terminating single-employer retirement plans.
  • Access to Alternative Assets Executive Order
    President Trump signed an Executive Order stating that participants in defined contribution plans should have access to investments in alternative assets.
  • Disaster Relief for West Virginia
    The IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief in response to severe storms and other disaster events in West Virginia.

August newsletter

  • Disaster Relief for Texas and New Mexico
    In response to various natural disasters, the IRS and PBGC extended certain deadlines for individuals and businesses impacted in Texas and New Mexico.
  • Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act
    Congress passed a new law that allows the IRS to grant relief for state-declared disasters and automatically extend certain deadlines for federally declared disasters.
  • Uncashed and Replacement Check Withholding and Reporting Guidance
    The IRS issued tax withholding and reporting guidance regarding certain uncashed and replacement checks from a retirement plan.
  • DOL PEP Guidance
    The DOL issued new PEP guidance and a request for information.

June newsletter

  • Annual Funding Notice Guidance
    Field Assistance Bulletin 2025-02 provides guidance on the annual funding notice requirement changes as set forth by SECURE 2.0.
  • Disaster Relief for Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia
    The IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief in response to severe storms and flooding in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia.

May newsletter

  • Annual Funding Notice Guidance
    Field Assistance Bulletin 2025-02 provides guidance on the annual funding notice requirement changes as set forth by SECURE 2.0.
  • Disaster Relief for Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia
    The IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief in response to severe storms and flooding in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia.

April newsletter

  • Disaster Relief – West Virginia
    In response to severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides, and mudslides in parts of West Virginia, the IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief.
  • DOL Released Model Notice
    The Department of Labor published a model notice to facilitate compliance with notice requirements in PTE 2002-51.