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2024 Limitations Adjusted as Provided in Section 415(d), etc.

Notice 2023-75 Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) provides for dollar limitations on benefits and contributions under qualified retirement plans. Section 415(d) requires that the Secretary of the Treasury annually adjust these limits for cost-of-living increases. Other limitations applicable to deferred compensation plans are also affected by these adjustments under section 415. Under section 415(d), the adjustments are to be made under adjustment procedures similar to those used to adjust benefit amounts under section 215(i)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act. Cost-of-Living Adjusted Limits for 2024 Effective January 1, 2024, the limitation on the annual benefit under a defined benefit plan under section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code is increased from $265,000 to $275,000. For a participant who separated from service before January 1, 2024, the participant’s limitation under a defined benefit plan under section 415(b)(1)(B) is computed by multiplying the participant’s compensation limitation, as adjusted through 2023, by 1.0351. The limitation for defined contribution plans under section 415(c)(1)(A) is increased in 2024 from $66,000 to $69,000. The Code provides that various other dollar amounts are to be adjusted at the same time and in the same manner as the dollar limitation of section 415(b)(1)(A). After taking into account the applicable rounding rules, the amounts for 2024 are as follows: The limitation under section 402(g)(1) on the exclusion for elective deferrals described in section 402(g)(3) is increased from $22,500 to $23,000. The annual compensation limit under sections 401(a)(17), 404(l), 408(k)(3)(C), and 408(k)(6)(D)(ii) is increased from $330,000 to $345,000. The dollar limitation under section 416(i)(1)(A)(i) concerning the definition of “key employee” in a top-heavy plan is increased from $215,000 to $220,000. The dollar amount under section 409(o)(1)(C)(ii) for determining the maximum account balance in an employee stock ownership plan subject to a 5-year distribution period is increased from $1,330,000 to $1,380,000, while the dollar amount used to determine the lengthening of the 5-year distribution period is increased from $265,000 to $275,000.