Defined benefit plan

President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget includes proposed retirement account restrictions for certain taxpayers — similar to those included in the Build Back Better Act passed by the House in 2021 — but left by the wayside enroute to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

The IRS has issued Notice 2023-19, which contains updated guidance on factors used in certain defined benefit (DB) pension plan minimum funding and present value calculations.

The Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employee Benefits Security Administration, the IRS, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) have released a third and final phase that implements a September 2021 regulatory proposal.

The IRS has released final regulations amending rules intended to increase the filing of electronic returns in accordance with the Taxpayer First Act of 2019.

The IRS has released Announcement 2023-6, stating that it expects to issue opinion letters for pre-approved defined benefit plans that were filed with the IRS during the third remedial amendment cycle “on February 28, 2023, or, in some cases, as soon as possible thereafter.”

The IRS has issued Notice 2023-12, which contains updated guidance on factors used in certain defined benefit (DB) pension plan minimum funding and present value calculations. Updates include the corporate bond monthly yield curve, the corresponding spot segment rates for January used under Internal Revenue Code Section (IRC Sec.) 417(e)(3), and the 24-month average segment rates under IRC Sec. 430(h)(2). IRC Sec. 417 contains definitions and special rules for minimum survivor annuity requirements in DB plans. IRC Sec. 430 addresses minimum funding standards for single-employer DB plans.