IRS Updates Covered Compensation Tables for 2024

Published December 19, 2023

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Revenue Ruling 2024-01 which provides tables of covered compensation under Section 401(I)(5)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code for the 2024 plan year. The tables are used to determine contributions to defined benefit plans and permitted disparity.

For purposes of determining covered compensation for the 2024 year, the taxable wage base was revised to $168,600 (up from $160,200 in 2023).