Senate Tax Cut Bill No Longer Taxes 401(k) Catch-Up Contributions

Both organizations have worked together as part of the Save our Savings Coalition, which is an alliance of educational and corporate businesses and trade groups dedicated to protecting Americans' retirement savings.

Now they have joined together, with the PSCA becoming a membership division of the ARA, joining four other retirement organizations: the National Association of Plan Advisors), the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries, the ASPPA College of Pension Actuaries and the National Tax-Deferred Savings Association.

"With the addition of this key constituency, the American Retirement Association truly becomes the voice of the nation's private retirement system," said Brian Graff, CEO of the association in a statement.

"Joining forces significantly improves our ability to elevate important retirement industry issues and better serve our members," said Raskin in the same press release.

In a conference call with reporters discussing the new joint relationship between the two organizations, both Graff and Raskin said there was still more work to be done on the tax cut bill. The expansion of pass-through entities to all types of businesses remains in the Senate bill and could discourage formation of small-business retirement plans, said Graff.

The PCSCA represents the corporate sponsors of employee benefit plans and as a little more than 700 corporate, nonprofit and trade association members representing more than six million plan participants. The ARA has over 22,000 individual members and now five retirement industry associations. Both organizations will remain independent with their own boards of directors.