# Modifications to Minimum Present Value Requirements for Partial Annuity Distribution Options Under Defined Benefit Pension Plans
> **IRS** · Final regulations. · Published 2016-09-09 · Effective 2016-09-09 · 81 FR 62359
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-21393
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** IRS
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 62359
- **CFR reference:** 26 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2016-09-09
- **Effective date:** 2016-09-09
- **Treasury docket:** TD 9783
## Abstract

This document contains final regulations providing guidance relating to the minimum present value requirements applicable to certain defined benefit pension plans. These regulations change the regulations regarding the minimum present value requirements for defined benefit plan distributions to permit plans to simplify the treatment of certain optional forms of benefit that are paid partly in the form of an annuity and partly in a single sum or other more accelerated form. These regulations affect participants, beneficiaries, sponsors, and administrators of defined benefit pension plans.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/09/2016-21393/modifications-to-minimum-present-value-requirements-for-partial-annuity-distribution-options-under)
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