Defined Benefit Plans, Including Cash Balance

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1. In determining the amount of the offset from the PS, does the interest credited to a participant's account have to be actual or can it be hypothetical?

   By Guest flogger, October 29, 2003
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   • Blinky the 3-eyed Fish
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2. Withhold tax in state of residence or state benefit earned?

   By Guest SueJ, November 3, 2003
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3. New DB plan in old company

   By Blinky the 3-eyed Fish, October 31, 2003
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4. Calculation of Top Heavy Minimum For A deferred Retiree

   By Guest merlin, October 31, 2003
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   • October 31, 2003

5. Rates for lump sum distributions

   By mming, October 31, 2003
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   • October 31, 2003

6. Amending SPD

   By Guest Donaldson, October 17, 2003
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   • October 29, 2003

7. Voluntary Employee Contributions in Defined Benefit PlansCan they be spun off to a separate plan?

   By Guest rocnrols2, October 15, 2003
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   • david rigby
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8. Mandatory lump sums

   By Guest meggie, October 28, 2003
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   • Blinky the 3-eyed Fish
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9. What beginning DC account balance is allowed to be considered in a safe harbor DB floor offset?

   By Guest flogger, October 23, 2003
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   • WDIK
   • October 27, 2003

10. DB Document Restatement

    By Guest taj32z, September 11, 2003
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    • Blinky the 3-eyed Fish
    • October 22, 2003

11. Pension Payments Continuing to Deceased Retiree

    By Guest cjk, October 10, 2003
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    • Guest
    • October 22, 2003

12. Allocation of excess assets in a terminated DB plan

    By Blinky the 3-eyed Fish, October 21, 2003
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    • Blinky the 3-eyed Fish
    • October 21, 2003

13. non-profit entity - "maximum" contribution

    By Effen, October 20, 2003
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    • Mike Preston
    • October 21, 2003

14. Cash Balance Plan with 3% Safe Harbor 401k and X-tested PS plan.

    By dmb, October 20, 2003
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    • mbozek
    • October 21, 2003

15. Amendment to reduce benefit formula

    By Lori Foresz, October 20, 2003
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    • Lori Foresz
    • October 20, 2003

16. Failure to Furnish SPD

    By Guest Donaldson, October 17, 2003
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    • October 17, 2003

17. Terminated Plan Valuation Date Change

    By SRM, October 15, 2003
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    • Mike Preston
    • October 16, 2003

18. Retained Lump Sums for Top 25 Employees

    By Guest David M, October 14, 2003
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    • October 16, 2003

19. Actuarial Equivalence for Late Retirement on Employee Contributions

    By Guest crosseyedtester, October 9, 2003
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    • October 13, 2003

20. Davis Bacon Prevailing Wage Benefits in a DB Plan?

    By Guest cascigm, October 13, 2003
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    • October 13, 2003

21. FASB 87 (balancing equation)

    By Guest RSNOW, October 9, 2003
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    • October 13, 2003

22. cash balance - interest rate assumption

    By Guest Happy Actuary, October 10, 2003
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    • Effen
    • October 13, 2003

23. Late Contributions for S412 but timely for S404 related Problem

    By flosfur, October 11, 2003
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    • Mike Preston
    • October 13, 2003

24. Admin of 412(i) plans

    By pbarrett, October 8, 2003
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    • Guest
    • October 10, 2003

25. Reorganization Index for Multi-Employer Plans - Market value or Actuarial value?

    By Effen, October 9, 2003
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    • Effen
    • October 9, 2003

26. 410(b) and 5500 Schedule T - Does this Plan fail?

    By Effen, October 6, 2003
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    • Mike Preston
    • October 8, 2003

27. Overfunded plan with a credit balance; how to establish new bases each year?

    By Blinky the 3-eyed Fish, October 2, 2003
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    • Blinky the 3-eyed Fish
    • October 8, 2003

28. Short Plan Year

    By flosfur, June 5, 2003
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    • Mike Preston
    • October 3, 2003

29. PBGC coverage for professional associations with less than 25 employees

    By Lori Foresz, October 3, 2003
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    • david rigby
    • October 3, 2003

30. How do you fix a 411(b) violation

    By Guest jdw, September 29, 2003
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    • October 2, 2003

31. Cash Balance Plan termination; how to value participants' accounts for distribution purposes?

    By Guest penman, September 23, 2003
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    • IRC401
    • September 30, 2003

32. If a terminated plans's funding deficiency is never corrected, are there potential additional penalties even though there is no longer a funding standard account?

    By Guest Chamelnix, September 30, 2003
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    • September 30, 2003

33. Is a one person (self-employed) defined benefit plan subject to required quarterly contributions?

    By Guest Turtle_01, September 29, 2003
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    • Blinky the 3-eyed Fish
    • September 30, 2003

34. Projection of mortality rates; confusing definition of actuarial equivalence

    By Guest Doug Goelz, September 16, 2003
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    • September 29, 2003

35. IRS disallowing a deduction taken for year of deposit although required for previous year.

    By Earl, September 24, 2003
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    • mbozek
    • September 25, 2003

36. For section 404 purposes: any difference between nondeducted contributions and nondeductible contributions?

    By Blinky the 3-eyed Fish, September 24, 2003
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    • Mike Preston
    • September 25, 2003

37. Plan Freeze

    By david rigby, September 19, 2003
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    • September 25, 2003

38. ERISA plan converts to a church plan; must the benefits that accrued while it was an ERISA plan be protected?

    By Guest cosmo01, September 23, 2003
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    • mbozek
    • September 24, 2003

39. Underfunded DB plan termination; can family members of business owners waive their benefits, too?

    By Dougsbpc, September 22, 2003
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    • Blinky the 3-eyed Fish
    • September 23, 2003

40. Can employer's 3% contribution to a 401(k) safe harbor plan be used as an offset for a safe harbor Floor Offset DB plan?

    By flosfur, September 20, 2003
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    • Blinky the 3-eyed Fish
    • September 22, 2003

41. New DB plan; Granting credit for more than 5 years of past service (not using 5-year safe harbor); anybody able to show it's nondiscriminatory?

    By Guest pension222, September 19, 2003
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    • david rigby
    • September 22, 2003

42. Anybody getting favorable IRS determination letters on new cash balance plans?

    By Guest RSNOW, September 19, 2003
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    • mbozek
    • September 21, 2003

43. Deductible contributions and tax return due date

    By Guest Alison Williams, July 17, 2002
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    • Blinky the 3-eyed Fish
    • September 19, 2003

44. Allowable Comp Def in 412(i)

    By mwyatt, September 19, 2003
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    • September 19, 2003

45. From Individual Agg to EANC

    By Guest Roman, September 18, 2003
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46. Excluding HC's in the general test

    By Guest dietpepsi, September 17, 2003
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    • September 17, 2003

47. SFAS 87 and 132

    By david rigby, August 21, 2003
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    • September 17, 2003

48. Unfunded accrued liability

    By FAPInJax, September 15, 2003
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    • September 15, 2003

49. Past Service Credit

    By Guest blackacre, September 10, 2003
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    • September 15, 2003

50. Coverage Testing

    By LIBOR, September 11, 2003
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    • Blinky the 3-eyed Fish
    • September 12, 2003