The chances that bipartisan retirement security legislation could be acted on next year got a boost, as the American Retirement Association and witnesses at a Senate hearing urged Congress to act to... Read More
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BY Ted Godbout | 12/2/2020
Congress faces a government funding deadline, while a bipartisan group of lawmakers push for emergency COVID-19 relief, but it’s not clear whether there will be an opening for retirement relief.... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 11/13/2020
If Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th President, much of the fate of his retirement tax policy proposals may depend on the results of two Senate runoff elections in Georgia.
While we are... Read More
BY John Iekel | 11/12/2020
In a Nov. 11 webinar, American Retirement Association Director of Legislative Affairs Andrew Remo took at look at where current legislative proposals stand in the wake of the elections. ... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 11/6/2020
Last week the “dynamic” congressional duo of House Ways & Means Chairman Richie Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) unveiled legislation dubbed “SECURE 2.0.” While it’s early yet—... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 11/3/2020
If you have turned on a TV, walked by a radio, driven down a residential street, or answered a phone (or more likely let it go unanswered) in the past month, you will, of course, be aware that our... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 11/2/2020
Last week the “dynamic” congressional duo of House Ways & Means Chairman Richie Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) unveiled legislation dubbed “SECURE 2.0.” While it’s early yet—we... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 10/28/2020
Two Republican members of the House of Representatives are pushing back on state and local efforts to impose financial transaction taxes that would impact non-residents.
Rep. Patrick... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 10/27/2020
The chairman and ranking member of the powerful U.S. House Ways & Means Committee have introduced a sequel to the SECURE Act—but have taken a step backward on e-delivery.
Ways &... Read More
BY John Iekel | 10/22/2020
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) has introduced legislation in the House of Representatives that would increase access to retirement savings for employees of nonprofit organizations that have... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 10/21/2020
Witnesses testifying at a hearing before the New Jersey state legislature voiced strong opposition to a proposed financial transaction tax that would impact retirement plans.
At the... Read More
BY John Iekel | 10/5/2020
The American Retirement Association submitted a statement to the Senate Special Committee on Aging in connection with its Sept. 24 hearing, “Women and Retirement: Unique Challenges and... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 9/24/2020
A continuing resolution approved by the House of Representatives to temporarily fund the government all but assures that a lame-duck session will happen. Here’s what that could mean for retirement... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 9/18/2020
While a new budget agreement reached by New Jersey lawmakers does not include a proposed tax on financial transactions—including those in your 401(k)—that doesn’t mean the proposal is going away.... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 9/12/2020
A so-called “skinny” COVID-19 stimulus bill put forward by Senate Republicans was voted down Sept. 10 in the U.S. Senate, leaving the negotiations in limbo.
In a virtual party-line 52-47 vote,... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 9/9/2020
The Labor Day break didn’t appear to ease any tensions in the back and forth between Republicans and Democrats on a follow-up COVID-19 stimulus bill, with the parties appearing to not be any closer... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 8/26/2020
So, how exactly do you “equalize” 401(k) incentives?
Earlier this week, a column in Roll Call titled “Biden retirement proposal would upend traditional 401(k) plans” claimed... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 8/17/2020
It looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer to find out whether Congress and the Trump administration include retirement plan relief in the next round of economic relief to address the... Read More
BY David Levine, JD | 8/13/2020
The popular TV soap opera “As the World Turns” ran for 54 years. Given today’s continuously rising wave of benefits litigation, it seems increasingly likely that complex retirement plan litigation... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 8/12/2020
As both a senator and a presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) has embraced a number of positions on key retirement issues that could be campaign issues.
As the second African... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 7/30/2020
The COVID-19 relief package released July 27 by the Senate includes an extensive array of changes to the Paycheck Protection Program to provide more relief and program flexibility, but also... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 7/28/2020
After a period of starts and stops over the past week, the Senate Republican leadership unveiled a $1 trillion Coronavirus relief package July 27.
As an opening counter to the House of... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 7/24/2020
A quartet of GOP senators have introduced new legislation that would allow individuals facing financial challenges who are unable to make contributions to their tax-advantaged retirement accounts in... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 7/21/2020
Rep. Richie Neal (D-MA), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, kicked off the 2020 NAPA D.C. Fly-In Forum July 21 by sharing his retirement policy legislative priorities over the coming... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 7/16/2020
Legislation has been introduced in the New Jersey state legislature that would impose a tax on financial transactions—including those in your 401(k)—to fix the state’s widening budget gap. ... Read More
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