Legal Update: IRS Allows Employees to Allocate Employer Contributions Among Various Benefits

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The IRS has released a private letter ruling (No. 202434006) approving an employer’s program that gives employees the option to direct employer contributions toward several different offered benefits. A private letter ruling, or PLR, is a written statement issued to a taxpayer in response to a written request that interprets and applies tax laws to the taxpayer’s represented set of facts. While a PLR may not be relied on as precedent by other taxpayers, the PLR provides important insight into how the IRS might view similar employer programs.

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