"This notice provides additional temporary nondiscrimination relief for closed defined benefit plans (that is, defined benefit plans that provide ongoing accruals but that have been amended to limit those accruals to some or all of the employees who participated in the plan on a specified date) that generally meet the eligibility conditions for the relief provided in Notice 2014-5 ... Specifically, this notice provides that, if a plan satisfies the conditions specified in this notice, the plan is deemed to have satisfied certain of the nondiscrimination requirements relating to benefits, rights, and features....

"The temporary relief ... applies to defined benefit plans for which the relief under Notice 2014-5 (as extended) is available (except that eligibility for this relief does not depend on the method used to satisfy the nondiscrimination requirements for the plan year beginning in 2013)....

'The temporary relief ... applies for plan years ending after November 13, 2019, and beginning before January 1, 2021. Accordingly, the last plan year for which this relief applies is the same as the last plan year for which the relief under Notice 2014-5, as extended most recently by Notice 2019-49, applies.'  MORE >>