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US. Stimulus Bill Freezes Retirement Plan Contribution Limits

What You Need to Know

  • The freeze would take effect in 2031.
  • It is intended to reduce a tax deferment that favors the highest earners, Democrats say.
  • Retirement plan lobbyists are working to get the provision stripped from the Senate version of the bill.

The $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package, which passed the House on Feb. 27, freezes retirement plan contribution limits starting in 2031.

The bill, H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, would freeze the annual cost-of-living adjustments for overall contributions to defined contribution plans and for the maximum annual benefit under a defined benefit plan.

The measure would be effective for calendar years beginning after Dec. 31, 2030, “[i]n what can only be called a budget gimmick,” said Brian Graff, president and CEO of the American Retirement Association, a lobbying group, in a recent LinkedIn post.

Added Graff: “Fortunately, we have an opportunity to fix this in the Senate and we are working hard to try and get this misguided provision eliminated.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday afternoon that the Senate would move “as early as tonight” to take up the American Rescue Plan.

Read more @Think Advisor

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