Just need confirmation. 2008 calendar plan year: I'm looking at 2007 compensation to determine if participant is HCE in 2008. Is the threshhold $105,000 or $100,000?? Thanks.

$100,000. The compensation number announced by the IRS for HCE for a particular year (2007) is used when considering lookback compensation for the following year (2008).

So, in 2009, when looking back to 2008 to determine HCE, we use the 2008 comp. number ($105,000). The number just announed by the IRS for 2009 ($110,000) is used for the lookback year when determinng HCE for 2010.

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