The tentative budget deal reached between the Obama White Houseand Congressional Republicans would slap on new and significantincreases to the premiums that sponsors of defined-benefit planspay to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC).

On Tuesday, the PBGC published rate hikes for plan yearsbeginning in 2016. The agency did not include the increasesproposed in the budget deal.

The per-participant amount for the flat-rate premium was raisedto $64 for next year, up from $57 in 2015. The variable rate wasraised to $30 per $1,000 of unfunded liabilities, up from $24 in2015.

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