Any business that has been in business for more than 2 years with 25 or more employees in Illinois will need to facilitate the Illinois Secure Choice program for its employees. Illinois is in the process of considering appropriate enforcement actions should such actions be needed to enforce the mandate.
Unless –
An employer-sponsored retirement plan includes a plan qualified under Internal Revenue Code sections 401(a) (including a 401(k) plan), qualified annuity plan under section 403(a), tax-sheltered annuity plan under section 403(b), Simplified Employee Pension plan under section 408(k), a SIMPLE IRA plan under section 408(p) or governmental deferred compensation plan under section 457(b). It does not include payroll deduction IRAs.
Employers with fewer than 25 employees are exempt and do not need to participate in the Program.
“Employee” means any individual who is 18 years of age or older, is employed by an Employer, and who has Wages that are allocable to Illinois during a calendar year under the provisions of Section 304(a) (2)(B) of the Illinois Income Tax Act. An Employee includes both part-time and full-time employees.
“Employer” means a person or entity engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in Illinois, whether for profit or not for profit, that (i) has at no time during the previous calendar year employed fewer than 25 employees in Illinois, (ii) has been in business at least 2 y
Automatic enrollment means that following notification, employers will enroll eligible employees in Illinois Secure Choice unless employees have elected to opt out of the program. It is a Roth IRA and The default savings rate is 5% of gross pay
There are no employer fees, and employers are not required to contribute to the program.
There is an ongoing fee which is paid as a percent of your assets under management. This fee for each investment option is approximately 0.75% of assets per year ($0.75 for every $100 saved), and it pays for the administration of the program as well as the operating expenses charged by the underlying investment funds in which the program’s portfolios are invested. The fee is computed daily and netted from the assets in an investment option. Investment returns are credited to saver accounts ‘net of’ this cost.
The standard account option for savers will be a Roth IRA. The income limits for Roth IRA savers are set by the federal government. For 2019, the limits are $137,000 for a single tax filer and $203,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly. Beginning in 2019, Illinois Secure Choice will offer a traditional IRA account as an electable choice.
Unless –
An employer-sponsored retirement plan includes a plan qualified under Internal Revenue Code sections 401(a) (including a 401(k) plan), qualified annuity plan under section 403(a), tax-sheltered annuity plan under section 403(b), Simplified Employee Pension plan under section 408(k), a SIMPLE IRA plan under section 408(p) or governmental deferred compensation plan under section 457(b). It does not include payroll deduction IRAs.
Employers with fewer than 25 employees are exempt and do not need to participate in the Program.
“Employee” means any individual who is 18 years of age or older, is employed by an Employer, and who has Wages that are allocable to Illinois during a calendar year under the provisions of Section 304(a) (2)(B) of the Illinois Income Tax Act. An Employee includes both part-time and full-time employees.
“Employer” means a person or entity engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in Illinois, whether for profit or not for profit, that (i) has at no time during the previous calendar year employed fewer than 25 employees in Illinois, (ii) has been in business at least 2 y
- An employer employing 100 to 499 employees: 7/1/2019
- An employer employing 25 to 99 employees: 11/1/2019
Automatic enrollment means that following notification, employers will enroll eligible employees in Illinois Secure Choice unless employees have elected to opt out of the program. It is a Roth IRA and The default savings rate is 5% of gross pay
There are no employer fees, and employers are not required to contribute to the program.
There is an ongoing fee which is paid as a percent of your assets under management. This fee for each investment option is approximately 0.75% of assets per year ($0.75 for every $100 saved), and it pays for the administration of the program as well as the operating expenses charged by the underlying investment funds in which the program’s portfolios are invested. The fee is computed daily and netted from the assets in an investment option. Investment returns are credited to saver accounts ‘net of’ this cost.
The standard account option for savers will be a Roth IRA. The income limits for Roth IRA savers are set by the federal government. For 2019, the limits are $137,000 for a single tax filer and $203,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly. Beginning in 2019, Illinois Secure Choice will offer a traditional IRA account as an electable choice.
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