New IRS guidance allows 401k matching based on student loan payments

As mentioned in IR-2024-217, the IRS has released interim guidance in late August 2024 allowing that employers with retirement plans (401(k) plan, 403(b) plan, governmental 457(b) plan or SIMPLE IRA plan) can provide matching for employees payments to their student loans in plan years beginning Dec 2023. Previously the employer matching was only if the