Secure act 2.0 Other Changes include the following:
- Increasing the required first-year required minimum distribution (RMD) age over time from age 72 to age 75.
- Indexing $1,000 IRA catch up contributions for inflation.
- Increasing the limit on catch-up contributions to 401(k) and other plans for individuals who have attained age 62, 63, or 64.
- Allowing matching contributions on student loan payments.
- Eliminating the requirement that premiums for QLACs be limited to 25% of an individual’s account balance.
- Reducing the penalty for failure to take RMDs from 50% of the shortfall to 25%.
- Expanding the IRS self-correction program (EPCRS) to include IRAs.
- Indexing the $100,000 QCD limit for inflation and allowing a once-in-a-lifetime QCD to a split-interest entity such as a charitable remainder unitrust.
- Expanding the age 50 exception to the 10% early distribution penalty to private-sector firefighters.
- Changing the rules for when the statute of limitations begins for the excise tax on excess IRA contributions.
- Limiting the repayment of qualified birth or adoption distributions to three years.
- Allowing penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs and retirement plans for individuals in cases of domestic abuse.
- Limiting the loss of tax-deferred treatment to the portion of an IRA to involved in a prohibited transaction.
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