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2026 IRS limits announced

November 14, 2025

NOTE: If you are viewing this on a mobile phone, turn your screen horizontally to align the columns. The U.S. Government is finally open again and the IRS announced 2026 limits affecting retirement plans and other qualified savings vehicles. You will see the changes in bold in this quick reference.  For advice on tax planning, book time with a SYM advisor. Contribution Limits 2026 IRA Contribution IRA Catch-up Contribution 401(k) Elective Deferrals 401(k) Catch-up Contribution

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Does Your Company Retirement Plan Stack Up?

November 12, 2025

  In this episode of the SYM Financial Podcast, we dive into how retirement planning has evolved, especially with the rise of automation like automatic enrollment. We see how it’s made saving easier and boosted participation—people are saving more without even having to think too hard about it. But we also talk about how nothing replaces a real conversation—about your goals, risks, and what’s best for your personal situation. We touch on recent changes from

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What’s in the SECURE 2.0 Act?

January 5, 2023

How will the Secure 2.0 Act affect your retirement? The original SECURE Act was signed into law on December 20th, 2019. Its “sequel,” the SECURE 2.0 Act, was just enacted at year-end on December 29th, 2022. Both pieces of legislation seek to reform how Americans prepare for retirement while juggling current spending needs. How, when, or will each of us retire? How can government incentives, regulations, and safety nets help more people safely do so—or

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3 Reasons to Provide an Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan

December 12, 2022

As open enrollment approaches, you may be wondering if it’s time to add a retirement plan to your employee benefits package. Or, you might simply want to provide more information about what is currently available to your employees. While employer-sponsored retirement plans offer numerous benefits to employees, there are some serious benefits to focus on from the employer’s perspective. When it comes to retirement plans, there are a few key things to keep in mind.

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Retirement Plans and How to Make Them Work with Tom Ackmann (podcast)

September 15, 2022

Tom Ackmann is a principal and senior retirement plan advisor at SYM Financial Advisors, an RIA firm with a long history of serving plan sponsors and their employees. He previously worked as the Vice President of Baden Retirement Plan Services and the Vice President for Ascensus. At SYM, Tom leads a team that advises over 100 corporate clients and 10,000 participants. Tom holds a degree in Communications/Political Science from Concordia University Chicago. Tom joins me

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How 401k Eligibility Changes with The SECURE ACT

December 31, 2020

Background on 401k Eligibility Prior to the passage of the SECURE Act, employers could exclude long-term part-time employees (LTPT employees) that worked fewer than 1,000 hours per year from employer 401k contributions.  This was done by implementing a one year of service waiting period requirement.  The “one-year service” was defined as a 12 consecutive month period where the employee worked at least 1,000 hours. How 401k Eligibility Changes with The SECURE Act The SECURE Act

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