IRS Announces 2025 Retirement Plan Limits

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has announced the following dollar limits applicable to tax-qualified plans for 2025:

  • The limit on the maximum amount of elective contributions that a person may make to a 401(k) plan, a 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity, or a 457(b) eligible deferred compensation plan increased from $23,000 to $23,500.
  • The limit on “catch-up contributions” to a 401(k) plan, a 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity, or a 457(b) eligible deferred compensation plan for persons age 50 and older is unchanged for 2025 at $7,500.
  • As a result of change made by SECURE 2.0, for 2025, employees aged 60, 61, 62, and 63 who participate in a 401(k) plan, a 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity, or a 457(b) eligible deferred compensation have a higher catch-up contribution limit, which for 2025 is $11,250 instead of $7,500.
  • The dollar limit on the maximum permissible allocation under 401(k) and other defined contribution plans is increased from $69,000 to $70,000.
  • The maximum annual benefit under a defined benefit plan is increased from $275,000 to $280,000.
  • The maximum amount of annual compensation that may be taken into account on behalf of any participant under a qualified plan will go from $345,000 to $350,000.
  • The dollar amount used to identify “highly compensated employees” is increased from $155,000 to $160,000.

Additional information regarding benefit plan dollar limits can be obtained in Notice 2024-80, 2025 Amounts Relating to Retirement Plans and IRAs, as Adjusted for Changes in Cost-of-Living.

© 2024 Blank Rome LLP by: Daniel L. Morgan of Blank Rome LLP For more on the IRS, visit the NLR Tax section

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