Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019
This bill modifies the requirements for employer-provided retirement plans, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and other tax-favored savings accounts.
With respect to employer-provided retirement plans, the bill modifies requirements regarding
- automatic enrollment and nonelective contributions;
- tax credits for small employers that establish certain plans;
- loans;
- lifetime income options;
- the treatment of custodial accounts upon termination of section 403(b) plans;
- retirement income accounts for church-controlled organizations;
- the eligibility rules for certain long-term, part-time employees;
- required minimum distributions;
- nondiscrimination rules; and
- minimum funding standards for community newspaper plans.
The bill also includes provisions that
- treat taxable non-tuition fellowship and stipend payments as compensation for the purpose of an IRA,
- repeal the maximum age for traditional IRA contributions,
- treat difficulty of care payments as compensation for determining contribution limits for retirement accounts,
- allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans if a child is born or adopted,
- expand the purposes for which qualified tuition programs (commonly known as 529 plans) may be used,
- reinstate and increase the tax exclusion for certain benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders,
- increase penalties for failing to file tax returns, and
- require the Internal Revenue Service to share tax information with U.S. Customs Border Protection to administer the heavy vehicle use tax.