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Safe harbor 401(k) vs. traditional 401(k): What’s the difference?

Genesis HR Solutions

If you’re a small business owner interested in starting a 401(k) plan for your employees, you already understand how they will benefit, but you should also understand how the plan will affect you. Sometimes, the traditional 401(k) plan doesn’t end up providing you the full benefit you’d hoped for.

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Congress passes SECURE 2.0 Act, making important changes to 401(k)s

Business Management Daily

Act of 2022 —90+ provisions focused on 401(k) and other retirement plans. which was enacted in 2019. Congress has chosen to pay for it by mandating that plans offering certain 401(k) features, like catch-up contributions, be made on an after-tax, Roth basis. 401(k) plans established after Dec.

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What you should know about the House’s new 401(k) legislation

Business Management Daily

Figuring that defined-contribution plans such as 401(k)s weren’t nearly secure as they should be after the passage of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, Congress is taking another stab at it with the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021 (H.R. Tax credits for start-up costs.

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Retirement Savings? HSA, IRA or 401(k)

Benefit Resource Inc.

Make sure you are getting the 401(k) match. Many employers will offer a 401(k) match up to a certain percentage. Additionally, contributions to a 401(k) are made will pre-tax dollars, so you save on taxes as well. That’s a lot of opportunities to use your HSA tax-free.

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Check W-2, Box 12 Code D to ensure 401(k) compliance

Business Management Daily

There are no tax penalties for incorrectly coding items reported in Box 12 of your W-2s. The IRS uses those codes to determine compliance with other sections of the tax code, like 401(k) compliance and teasing out employees who earn too much to make tax-deductible IRA contributions.

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How the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 benefits your workplace

Insperity

Act of 2022 Expanding on the provisions laid out in the original SECURE Act of 2019, the SECURE 2.0 employer-sponsored 401(k) plans. This enables workers to pay taxes up front on the funds they contribute, and then grow and withdraw these larger funds at a later date tax free. The SECURE 2.0 The SECURE 2.0

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SECURE 2.0 Brings Significant Changes for 403(b) Plans

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

As part of our continuing series on SECURE 2.0 , signed into law December 29, 2022, this post focuses on significant changes for section 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity plans (“403(b) plans”). Historically, the Code restricted 403(b) plans more than 401(k) plans in terms of the contributions and earnings available for hardship withdrawal.

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