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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a microemployer pension plan startup credit, to permit the assignment of small business pension plan startup credits, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill increases tax credits available to very small employers (microemployers with 10 or fewer employees) that establish retirement plans, raising the credit from 50 percent to 100 percent and increasing the maximum annual credit from $500 to $2,500. The bill also allows pension plan service providers, such as administrators or consultants, to claim the startup credit in place of the employer if they reduce their fees to the employer by at least the amount of the credit. Service providers claiming the credit must obtain written certification from the employer confirming employee counts and that no prior retirement plans covering the same employees were established in the previous three years. The bill includes recapture provisions requiring service providers to repay credits if they receive amounts exceeding what the employer would have qualified for. These changes apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026.
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- May 14, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- May 14, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 14, 2026
Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, and Ms. Sanchez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a microemployer pension plan startup credit, to permit the assignment of small business pension plan startup credits, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Retirement Investment in Small Employers Act” or “RISE Act”.
SEC. 2. MICROEMPLOYER PENSION PLAN STARTUP CREDIT.
(a) In General.—Section 45E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(g) Credit for Microemployers.—
“(1) In general.—In the case of a qualified microemployer—
“(A) subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting ‘100 percent’ for ‘50 percent’, and
“(B) subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by substituting ‘$2,500’ for ‘$500’ in subparagraph (A) thereof.
“(2) Qualified microemployer.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualified microemployer’ means an employer which would be an eligible employer if section 408(p)(2)(C)(i)(I) were applied by substituting ‘10’ for ‘100’, but only if the eligible employer plan established or maintained by such employer, under the terms of the plan, accepts payment of the matching contribution under section 6433.”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026.
SEC. 3. ASSIGNMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS PENSION PLAN STARTUP CREDITS.
(a) In General.—Section 45E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 2, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(h) Credit for Eligible Service Providers.—
“(1) In general.—In the case of an eligible entity that provides services with respect to an eligible employer plan, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount determined under paragraph (2) for each of the first 3 credit years with respect to such plan, provided that the requirements of this subsection are satisfied.
“(2) Amount of credit.—
“(A) In general.—The amount of the credit allowed under this subsection for any taxable year shall be equal to the credit that would have been allowable to the eligible employer under subsection (a) for such taxable year (determined without regard to subsection
(f)), subject to the limitations of subsection (b).
“(B) Determination of credit years.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘credit year’ means, with respect to a plan, the taxable year of the eligible entity which includes the date that the eligible employer plan becomes effective with respect to the eligible employer and the two taxable years immediately following such taxable year.
“(3) Eligible entity.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means, with respect to the plan for which the credit is allowed under subsection (a), an entity that—
“(A) with respect to the plan, provides services that generate qualified startup costs;
“(B) reduces the amount of fees that would otherwise be charged to the eligible employer for such services by an amount not less than the credit determined under paragraph (2) for the taxable year; and
“(C) obtains the certification described in paragraph (4) prior to claiming the credit.
“(4) Employer certification.—The certification described in this paragraph is a written certification that—
“(A) is made by the eligible employer not later than the date on which the services generating the qualified startup costs for the plan for which the credit is allowed under subsection (a) are provided; and
“(B) includes—
“(i) the number of employees of the eligible employer who are not highly compensated employees (as defined in section 414(q)) and who are eligible to participate in the eligible employer plan maintained by the eligible employer as of the date such plan is established;
“(ii) that neither the employer nor any predecessor established or maintained a qualified employer plan with respect to which contributions were made, or benefits were accrued, for substantially the same employees as are in the qualified employer plan during the 3-taxable year period immediately preceding the 1st taxable year for which the credit under this section is otherwise allowable for the qualified employer plan;
“(iii) that the employer will not claim a tax credit for qualified start up costs with respect to the plan for any taxable year;
“(iv) that the employer has not provided a certification to any other service provider for purposes of claiming tax credits with respect to the plan; and
“(v) such other information as the Secretary may require in published regulations.
“(5) Coordination with credit to employer.—No credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) to an eligible employer with respect to a plan for which a credit is allowed under this subsection to an eligible entity with respect to such plan.
“(6) Tax treatment of payments.—With respect to the reduction in fees described in paragraph (3)(B), such payment—
“(A) shall not be includible in the gross income of the employer, and
“(B) with respect to the eligible entity, shall not be deductible under this title.
“(7) Certain other requirements.—The tax credit allowed to an eligible entity under paragraph (1) will not be reduced in taxable years following the first credit year due to a change in the number of employees of the eligible employer described in subparagraph (b)(1)(B)(i).
“(8) Recapture.—If the amount received by an eligible entity with respect to a qualified plan is greater than the credit under subsection (a) that would otherwise (but for this subsection) be allowable to such employer with respect to such qualified plan, for example because the employer is not an eligible employer or incorrectly certifies the number of employees under (4)(B)(i), the tax imposed on such eligible entity under this chapter for the taxable year in which the credit is received with respect to such qualified plan shall be increased by the amount by which the credit received exceeds the amount that would otherwise (but for this subsection) be allowable to such employer.”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026. <all>
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