Notice of Significant Reduction in the Rate of Future Benefit Accrual

Riepilogo

In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations relating to the requirements of section 204(h) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). Section 204(h) of ERISA applies to defined benefit plans and to individual account plans that are subject to the funding standards of section 302 of ERISA. It requires the plan administrator to give notice of certain plan amendments to participants in the plan and certain other parties. The text of those temporary regulations also serves as the text of these proposed regulations.