Defined benefit plan

The Internal Revenue Service has released a December 2025 version of Form 8915-F, Qualified Disaster Retirement Plan Distributions and Repayments.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a Major Disaster Declaration on December 12, 2025, for Washington severe storms.

President Trump has issued an Executive Order (EO) Protecting American Investors from Foreign-Owned and Politically Motivated Proxy Advisors. 

The IRS has issued Revenue Ruling 2026-1, containing the covered compensation tables for the 2026 plan year. 

The IRS has announced the postponement of certain tax-related deadlines for victims of severe storms and straight-line winds in Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe until February 2, 2026.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued the 2026 Form W-4P, Withholding Certificate for Periodic Pension or Annuity Payments. 

Effective December 10, 2025, the prime interest rate was lowered from 7.00 percent to 6.75 percent.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has announced that practitioners for single employer plans can now submit standard termination filings, including those with missing participants in its e-filing portal. 

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a draft Form 4547, Trump Account Election(s), and accompanying draft instructions. 

The Internal Revenue Service has posted 2025 Form 5329, Additional Taxes on Qualified Plans (Including IRAs) and Other Tax-Favored Accounts.