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Reopening the Floodgates: IRS Announces Expanded Determination Letter Program

As we previously reported, the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) scaled back its determination letter program for individually designed retirement plans effective as of January 1, 2017. In the intervening years, the Service received a multitude of comments requesting the reopening of the program. Now, the Service has decided to offer a limited expansion of […]

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Treasury Department and IRS Publish Final Hybrid Plan Regulations and Announce Extension of Required Amendment Date for Certain Hybrid Plan Provisions

The Treasury Department and the IRS recently issued final regulations (the “2015 Final Regulations”) relating to hybrid retirement plans, including cash balance pension plans. The 2015 Final Regulations provide anti-cutback relief to allow hybrid plans to be amended to change the interest crediting rate to an interest crediting rate that is a market rate of […]

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