Description

The 2021 U.S. Master Pension Guide provides a comprehensive explanatory overview of qualified retirement plans and other retirement arrangements, reflecting up-to-date law changes, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136). It further covers guidance from the IRS on the requirements of the SECURE Act provisions of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116-94), key regulations, rulings and court decisions, Benefit COLAs, calendars, and tables reflect the year 2020 figures.

The 2021 U.S. Master Pension Guide begins with a survey of the different types of plans from which an employer may choose and then describes the procedures for obtaining plan qualification. Rules governing minimum participation, coverage and vesting, nondiscrimination, distributions, reporting and disclosure, funding, and fiduciary standards are covered in separate chapters. Examples and pointers are used to illustrate the rules.The Guide also includes the chapters with special rules applicable to 401(k) and ESOP plans.

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Previous Edition: U.S. Master Pension Guide, 2020 Edition, ISBN 9781543819502