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A couple of months ago, the IRS proposed some changes to the \u00a71.401(a)(4) nondiscrimination testing regulations<\/a>. \u00a0On Thursday, they withdrew<\/a> the part of those proposed regulations that was bad news for plan sponsors, as noted in our prior post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We are pleased the IRS has reconsidered the unintended consequences benefit formula restrictions and “facts and circumstances” based determinations could have on employers’ willingness to sponsor qualified retirement plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of months ago, the IRS proposed some changes to the \u00a71.401(a)(4) nondiscrimination testing regulations. \u00a0On Thursday, they withdrew the part of those proposed regulations that was bad news for plan sponsors, as noted in our prior post. We are pleased the IRS has reconsidered the unintended consequences benefit formula restrictions and “facts and […]Read More… from False alarm! IRS withdraws controversial proposed cross-testing regulation provisions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,6,26],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFalse alarm! 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