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Effective Date: Catch-Up Contributions

AGENCY:

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION:

Final regulations.

SUMMARY:

This document sets forth final regulations that provide guidance for retirement plans that permit participants who have attained age 50 to make additional elective deferrals that are catch-up contributions. The regulations reflect statutory changes made by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, including the requirement that catch-up contributions made by certain catch-up eligible participants must be designated Roth contributions. The regulations affect participants in, beneficiaries of, employers maintaining, and administrators of certain retirement plans.

DATES:

These regulations are effective on November 17, 2025.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/16/2025-17865/catch-up-contributions

  • November 17, 2025
  • Time: All Day