The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) recently issued premium payment instructions for 2016. The filing requirements are substantially similar to those required in 2015, but the following are notable changes: (i) for flat-rate premiums ?Ãô the per participant flat-rate premium for single employer plans is up from $57 to $64, and for multiemployer plans is up from $26 to $27; (ii) for variable-rate premiums ?Ãô the rate per $1,000 of unfunded vested benefits is up from $24 to $30; and (iii) the cap on variable-rate premiums is up from $418 times the number of participants to $500 times the number of participants.
A copy of the instructions can be found?áhere.
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