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Modern Plan Design: Navigating 2025’s Testing Challenges

Author
Rick Unser
Published
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Episode Link
https://creativeplanning.com/services/retirement-foundations/retirement-services/

In this episode of 401(k) Roundtable, host Rick Unser and Alison Cohen, ERISA Attorney and Partner at Ferenczy Benefits Law Center, explore nondiscrimination testing in retirement plans, focusing on long-term part-time employees and new Roth contribution guidelines. They discuss the mega backdoor Roth risks, capping highly compensated employee deferrals, student loan matching, and compliance challenges for controlled groups during mergers. The conversation also covers automatic enrollment rules and audit implications based on new rules.

For more insights, visit Ferenczy Benefits Law Center’s resources and articles:

 https://ferenczylaw.com/read-what-we-write-2/

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