IRS Provides Guidance to Retirement Plans, Health and Welfare Plans Reflecting Obergefell - McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Provides Guidance to Retirement Plans, Health and Welfare Plans Reflecting Obergefell

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Todd Solomon said that while new IRS guidance on the application of federal tax law to employee benefit plans “provides some additional clarifications regarding the treatment of same-sex spouses under tax-qualified plans and welfare plans,” it “does not provide any surprises or obvious ‘to do’s’ for benefit plan sponsors [and] is welcome in the sense that it specifically blesses many of the actions plan sponsors have already taken.”