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The SECURE Act contains a number of provisions impacting employer-sponsored retirement plans, many of which are already in effect.
Section 114 of the SECURE Act amended § 401(a)(9) of the Code to change the required beginning date applicable to § 401(a) plans and other eligible retirement plans described in § 402(c)(8), including a § 401(a) qualified plan, a § 403(a) annuity plan, a § 403(b) annuity contract, a § 457(b) plan maintained by a governmental employer, and an individual retirement account or annuity (IRA) described in § 408(a) or (b).
The Effective Date of this Article 6 in the case of a collectively-bargained plan will be the date determined in SECURE Act §401(b)(2).
The SECURE Act adds § 72(t)(2)(H) of the Code as a new exception to the 10% additional tax under § 72(t)(1) for qualified birth or adoption distributions.
Section 113 of the SECURE Act amended§ 72(t)(2) of the Code to add § 72(t)(2)(H), which permits an individual to receive up to $5,000 for a qualified birth or adoption distribution from an applicable eligible retirement plan (defined in § 72(t)(2)(H)(vi)(I) as an eligible retirement plan as defined in § 402(c)(8)(B) other than a defined benefit plan).
Additionally, the SECURE Act provided for a longer amortization period of 30 years from 7 years.
This Article will not apply to qualified annuities described in SECURE Act §401(b)(4)(B).
The SECURE Act also includes an amendment to § 401(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) of the Code that increases the age for required minimum distributions to age 72 for employees born after June 30, 1949.To assist with the implementation of the modified safe harbor explanations, this notice includes an appendix with two model safe harbor explanations: one for distributions that are not from a designated Roth account, and the other for distributions from a designated Roth account.
Instead, for ease of administration, these proposed regulations interpret the effective date language to apply the amendments made by section 114 of the SECURE Act to an employee who died before attaining age 70½ if the employee would have attained age 70½ on or after January 1, 2020 (that is, the employee’s date of birth is on or after July 1, 1949).
Effective January 1, 2020, for IRA account owners who die after December 31, 2019, the SECURE Act requires the entire balance of the participant’s account to be distributed within ten years.