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By Jessica Curtis on March 30, 2020 at 2:40 PM

Retirement benefits on cellphone screenOn March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act. The CARES Act includes the following provisions that impact retirement plans and provide relief to plan sponsors and plan participants.

Coronavirus-related distributions

  • Participants may take “coronavirus-related distributions” from qualified retirement plans.
  • A coronavirus-related distribution is exempt from the 10 percent penalty that otherwise applies to early distributions from qualified retirement plans.
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