Regulatory and Legislative

DOL’s Final Restated Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program at OMB

The Office of Management and Budget has received a final rule from the Department of Labor (DOL) titled “Adoption of Amended and Restated Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program”. The Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP) is a voluntary enforcement program that allows plan officials to identify and correct certain transactions, such as delinquent participant contributions, sales and exchanges, improper loans, and improper plan expenses. The VFCP was last updated in 2006. A proposed amendment was released in 2022.

Regulatory and Legislative

IRS Releases Interim Guidance on Inadvertent Benefit Overpayments

IRS Releases Interim Guidance on Inadvertent Benefit Overpayments

The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Notice 2024-77, providing interim guidance on the treatment of “inadvertent benefit overpayments” from defined benefit and defined contribution plans as provided by Section 301 of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022.