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Retirement plans compliance news and monthly newsletters

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
Compliance monthly newsletters

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.