Tips For Offering Student Loan Benefits Under 401(k) Plans

Law360

Partners Richard Chargar and Pamela Kaplan co-authored the Law360 article Tips For Offering Student Loan Benefits Under 401(k) Plans.” The article discusses a recent IRS ruling that employees who make student loan repayments in lieu of 401 (k) plan contributions would no longer have to lose the economic benefit of the employer matching contributions that they would have received in connection with such foregone contributions. The ruling states that employer nonelective contributions to a 401(k) plan for employees who make student loan repayments would not violate the Internal Revenue Code’s contingent benefit rule.” 

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