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1
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Safe Harbor Test

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> = 70% of NHC covered

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Ratio % Test

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% of NHC Covered / % of HC Covered >= 70%

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Average Benefits Test

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AB% of NHC Covered / AB % of HC Covered >= 70%

AND nondiscriminatory test

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Defined Benefit Plans must pass the ___ test

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50/40 test

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50/40 Test

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must cover lesser of 50 EE or 40% of EE

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What is Nondiscriminatory Testing definition?

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must provide benefits to certain percentage of rank and file employees

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What are the Nondiscriminatory Testing types?

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Actual Deferral Percentage Test (ADP)
Actual Contribution Percentage Test (ACP)

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Actual Deferral Percentage Test (ADP)

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limits EE elective deferrals for HC based on elective deferrals of NHC
- looks at Trad & Roth

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ADP & ACP
NHC deferral percentages to HC deferrals

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Actual Contribution Percentage Test (ACP)

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limits EE after-tax contributions and employer matching contributions for HC based on elective deferrals of NHC

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Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan overview

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  • not required to pass ADP/ACP tests
  • ER must provide one of following:
    —- 3% non-elective contributions to all EE
    —- matching contribution of 100% up to 3%, and 50% from 3%-5%
  • ER contributions 100% vested at all times
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Exceptions to 10% Early Withdrawal Penalty

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  • 59.5 yrs old
  • death/disability
  • substantially equal periodic payments (72(t))
  • medical expenses > 7.5% AGI
  • IRS levy
  • higher education expenses
  • first time home purchase
  • payment of health insurance premiums if unemployed
  • adoption
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Additions to Exceptions to 10% Early Withdrawal Penalty by SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022

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2023 qualified federally declared disasters
- qualified individual
- $22,000 aggregate (include in gross income over 3 yrs)
- repaid to tax preferred retirement account within 3 yrs
- retroactive for disasters occurring after 1/26/2021

2024 domestic abuse
- IRA/SEP/SIMPLE
- max lesser of $10,000 or 50% of vested balance
- can be recontributed within 3 yrs
- effected for tax years after 12/31/2023

2024 emergency personal expense distributions
- up to lesser of $1,000 of vested balance (or total of IRA) in excess of $1,000 per calendar year
- repaid within 3 yrs
- no additional distributions allowed during 3yr period unless repaid
- effective for tax years after 12/31/2023

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Leveraged ESOP

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  • when a principal shareholder wants out but company can’t afford to buy them out, they receive money from a lender to borrow money
  • creates its own trust fund, funded by own stock or cash to buy existing shares, then distributed to existing employees
  • ER can contribute and deduct up to 25% covered comp
  • company & shareholders can usually guarantee the loan for certain amount of time
  • must have qualified cashflow and contribute annually (tax deductible)
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ESOPs and Leveraged ESOPs are the only qualified plans that can _____

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borrow money from a bank

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ESOP Advantages - ER

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  • tax-advantaged way to sell part of company (sell shares to trust & defer capital gains taxes)
  • EE-owned companies see greater productivity, profitability, and EE retention
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ESOP Advantages - EE

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  • partial owners of company with vested interest in helping it succeed
  • ESOPs grow tax-deferred as stock value increases over time
  • distributions taxed as OI upon retirement
  • EE have valuable retirement benefit that doesn’t require any contribution from paycheck
18
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Qualified Plans - Life Insurance

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  • NOT allowed in IRAs
  • limited to providing incidental death benefits (not primary focus of plan)
  • 25% test (DC plan)
  • 100 to 1 ratio test (DB plan)
19
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25% Test - Life Insurance in DC Plan

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  • aggregate life insurance policy premiums CANNOT exceed 25% ER contributions (term & universal)
  • increases to 50% for whole life
  • entire life insurance must be converted to cash/annuity at/before retirement
  • what is ‘going into the plan’
20
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100 to 1 Ratio Test - Life Insurance in DB Plan

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  • what is coming ‘out of the plan’
  • limit death benefit amount to 100x monthly accrued retirement benefit provided under qualified plan

$5,000 monthly benefit x 100 = $500,000 Death Benefit

21
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Plan 412(e)(3) formerly known as 412(i) - Life Insurance in Plan

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  • exception to the rule
  • DB that is entirely funded by life insurance or annuity
  • ER claims tax deduction for contributions to pay premiums
22
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IRA Distributions allowed for terminal illness?

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  • YES, for both qualified plans and IRA
23
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Lump Sum - Qualified Plan Distributions

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  • within 1 taxable year
  • death, attainment of age 59.5, separation of service, or disability
  • EE participated in plan at least 5 yrs prior to date of distribution
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Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA) - Qualified Plan Distributions

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  • lump sum distribution of ER stocks (ESOP or Stock Bonus Plan)
  • any other assets in plan may roll over
  • no step up for inheritance
25
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Breakdown of Determination of Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA) to determine OI, LTCG/STCG

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FMV @ date of distribution
LESS: value of stock at date of ER contribution
= NUA

distribution of ER stock:
basis = OI
NUA = LTCG

sale of ER stock:
recognize LTCG of NUA
> NUA = capital long/short term gain (based on holding)

26
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Plan Loans - Qualified Plan Distributions

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  • permissible by any qualified plan (CODA type)
  • may not exceed $50,000 OR 1/2 vested account balance
    — exception: if vested <$20,000, then limited to greater of $10,000 OR 1/2 balance (or full balance under $10,000)
  • reduced by highest outstanding loan balance within 12month period
27
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Plan Loans SECURE ACT 2.0 - Qualified Plan Distributions

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  • qualified disaster - extended loan amount to $100,000 or 1/2 vested balance
  • effective retroactively to disasters occurring on/after 1/26/2021
28
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Plan Loans Repayment - Qualified Plan Distributions

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  • 5 years OR 30yrs if used to purchase principal residence
  • substantially level amortization over term
  • payments must be at least quarterly
  • plan sponsors often apply additional rules/requirements
  • failure to pay = taxable distribution & possibly subject to 10% early distribution
  • termination from employment = loan generally becomes due
29
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72(t) Distributions - Qualified Plan Distributions

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  • substantially equal periodic payments
  • at least annually
  • for longer of 5yrs or til 59.5
  • for life expectancy of participant or joint lives
  • after separation of service
30
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How 72(t) Distributions Are Calculated - Qualified Plan Distributions

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  • same as RMDs
    or
  • fixed amortization method
    or
  • fixed annuitization method
31
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What is permitted under VEBA?

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  • life, sickness, and accident benefits
  • severance and supplemental unemployment
  • job training
32
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Unfunded defined compensation plan

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  • no assets are segregated (as in a rabbi trust or taxable trust)
  • plan is considered unfunded even though the employer may establish a pool of assets to meet the obligation
  • assets are still owned by the employer and subject to the creditors of the employer.
33
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(T/F) Profit sharing plans may be integrated with SS?

A
  • True
34
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Safe Harbor 401K vs 401k with qualified auto contribution

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  • safe harbor 401k is more liberal (better for EE) vesting for ER match
35
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Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) provides _________ and _______ regard to Section 415c limits

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  • retirement benefits above company’s qualified plan
  • without regard to 415c limits
36
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Section 415c limits are

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$69,000 for 2024
- total ER & EE & forfeitures

37
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What types of plans can use the offset method?

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  • DB plans ONLY
38
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What types of plans can use the excess method?

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  • DB & DC plans
39
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What is the offset method?

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  • integrate Social Security into a DB
  • reducing the ER’s pension benefits by a percentage of the employee’s Social Security retirement benefit
40
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What is the excess method?

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  • integrate DC plan with Social Security
  • if EE makes more than taxable wage base, take amount excess of that and use the base % or 5.7%
  • uses lower benefit accrual rate for earnings below certain level (SS taxable max)
  • If base level contribution is 5%, max % above threshold is 10.7%
41
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Social Security Integration: Integration formulas (are/are not) allowed under an ESOP plan

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  • are NOT
  • allowed under Stock Bonus Plan
42
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What is the incidental benefit rules?

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  • restrictions on the amount of life insurance in a qualified retirement plan
  • 25% for premium of term/universal per year
  • 50% for whole life

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