My thoughts are that the primary responsibility for determining an HPE and remitting Roth Catch-Up for Highly Paid Employees is mostly a payroll function.

The TPA/Recordkeeper may be able to add processes and tools and communications to facilitate the proper administration, but ultimately the payroll companies will have to enhance their systems to accommodate this SECURE 2.0 provision.

I am curious to know where the 401k community lands on this process?

I'm having a hard time finding what I would call "clear" guidance on this, so just looking for opinions. This NOT a plan termination.

Participants terminate employment, get their 402(f) notice, and notification that if they don't respond within 30 days, they will receive a lump sum cash payment. (This would be for accounts less than $1,000.) Some of these accounts could be Roth. 

Some amount of time passes. Let's say at least until the following calendar year. I'm not at all sure proper steps have been taken (internet search, etc., etc. as outlined in DOL FAB 2014-01) to determine if these people qualify as "missing participants." "Missing participants" where the amount is less than $1,000 have a specific procedure in the plan language - basically, roll to an IRA or treat as a forfeiture.

So, these are "unresponsive" participants - they just have never cashed the the checks. Now the Plan Administrator decides to have these amounts rolled to an IRA. My question is twofold - first, is this allowable? Second, if so, or at least defensible, how to report? The distribution has already been reported, and if taxable, has been taxed.

Interested in what people perceive as a "best solution" where it appears that no solution is perfect. Thanks.

Fact Pattern:

 403(b Plan EXCLUDES employees who normally work less than 20 hours a week.

 Employee was working full time for a few years and now is on an abbreviated schedule of 15 hours a week.

 Question:

 Does this person continue as a participant in the plan?  Or are they now no longer a participant because they are in an excluded class?

Hoping someone can help.

Plan's eligibility is 2 months of service, with monthly entry

its an FTW Doc and reads, Completion of 2 consecutive months of continuous service (not to exceed 12; hours of service failsafe apply) Rolling period

i have an employee hired 10/7/2020 terminated 11/7/2020.  Rehired 10/27/2022

Trying to determine if he is eligible. 

since he worked in both Oct and Nov in 2020 does this count as his 2 months of service? 

Thank you!

Do to personal issues I have had funds in an old 401k account that needed to be rolled over when the 401k no longer existed which was over 5 years ago.  I have been in contact with the MassMutual and Empower on the funds over this time and nothing was ever stated about this being reported as unclaimed to the state of AZ.  In the last few months I have finally gotten the check issued correctly as they kept sending it with wrong pay to name.  I am working to get this in to my current employers 401k, but just received a form in the mail to fill out for unclaimed property(the 401k account) 

Any help would be appreciated on what to do next, the check is still good and not stale as received in the last few months, finished finding some other paperwork needed and completing the paperwork for my companies 401k for the rollover.  I just am not sure what will happen if they try to process the check, if it takes to long will the state take it and if I fill out the form it looks like they would pay me directly instead of being able to roll it over.  

Thanks!

LAtely the website i had bookmarked for the EOB login page is not really working anymore.  I finf that I have to google it every time, and even when I find a page that works, it seems to be a challenge to actually get to the book itself post-login.  Anyone had this problem and no of the best way to get in?  Obviously we can call ASPPA too...

Plan funds a fixed match each pay period and also has last-day rule for profit share. 

A participant terminates before year end.  

1) Are Participant wages included in eligible 404 compensation with respect to the deduction limit test?  And would it matter if they actually fund the profit share?

2) If a plan does not have a last-day rule on the match in the AA, and does not fund a discretionary match, but they have a last-day rule only on profit share, would this participant compensation be in the test?

Our plan document states a 3/31 cutoff for claims submission on DCFSA.  We have an employee that has submitted $5000 in 2022 claims after the deadline.  If we authorize the TPA to process the claims, how much liability are we creating for the organization?  I hate creating policy exceptions, but also don't like seeing an employee lost out of $5000.

making sure I grasp the ability to give 0% missed deferral opportunity for a plan with auto enrollment.

Employee rehired in 2022, and therefore eligible per plan doc to reenter plan on rehire date.

EE deferrals not started until after completing new hire requirement of 3 months worked, in early 2023.

I believe then that because deferrals were started w/in 9.5 months of failure, due to the auto-enrollment feature, no MDO required (ie 0% MDO).

We have a small balance forward 401k plan.  One of the employees died at age 49 and his wife is the beneficiary.  She is also 49.  She wants to leave the money in the plan.  Should we/must we change the name on the account to her name, rather than using her deceased husband's name?  Any other issues we should be aware of?  Thanks!!

Cross-posting from the IRA forums. 

A client has a 401k account and historically has funded a Backdoor Roth IRA (no other IRA balances). This year, he works for another company providing him a SEP IRA contribution. 

May this individual immediately rollover his SEP IRA to his 401k and still be eligible for Backdoor Roth IRAs for 2023 & 2024? He would have no IRA balances at the end/beginning of either year, but I do not know if the SEP contribution eliminates the Backdoor Roth option. 

2023’s autumn might bring at least two possibilities for disruptions and delays in some activities of some Federal agencies, including the US Labor and Treasury departments.

Not increasing the debt Congress authorizes the United States to incur might indirectly disrupt or delay the Labor and Treasury departments’ rulemaking and other guidance activities.

Not continuing appropriations after September 30 and a resulting government shutdown would make it unlawful for the Labor and Treasury departments’ employees to work on rulemaking and other guidance activities.

(If history is some guide about what could happen next: After November 1995, US government shutdowns have averaged about 19 days. The most recent was 35 days.)

If 2023’s autumn brings a slowdown or shutdown, would a delay in rulemaking and other guidance activities matter for retirement plans and service providers?

If I have a controlled group where one entity maintains a fully insured plan and another entity maintains a self-insured plan. For 105(h) testing purposes for the self-insured plan, it will consider those benefitting under the fully insured plan as "not benefitting" under the self-insured plan, correct?  

Hypothetical scenario:

Employee properly elects to contribute $1,200 ($100 per month) to to her dependent care reimbursement plan (DCAP) account for 2023.  Employee incurs $400 of qualified expenses in January and February of which she obtains reimbursement of $200 (because that's all she had contributed at that time).  On March 1, 2023, she goes on leave (FMLA or non-FMLA leave; I don't think it matters) and elects to cease DCAP contributions at that time.  On July 1, 2023, she returns from leave and elects to restart the DCAP.  Can she use the $200 that she contributed in January and February (but was unable to use then) to reimburse expenses incurred in July through the end of the year or is that $200 forfeited?

The cafeteria plan regulations discuss this for health FSA contributions (yes, she would be able to) but I have not been able to find anything discussing DCAP contributions.

Any help or thoughts is appreciated.

If an employer has recently bundled multiple H&W benefits under one mega wrap plan, do participants have to be supplied with all plan materials that constitute the bundled plan's SPD? Or can the plan administrator provide plan materials that describe only the benefits for which a participant is currently enrolled? For example, if the wrap plan includes M, D, and V, and an employee is only enrolled in the dental benefit, can only the dental materials (e.g., certificate/benefit summary) be supplied along with the wrap's SPD?

Recently took over a non safe harbor plan and am looking at making two changes to improve the ADP test results.  First, the plan has an ACA (not EACA or QACA) and the plan sponsor has agreed to increase the default percentage from 2% to 3% effective immediately. It's a minor change but I figure every little bit helps. Second, the plan uses compensation for the full year and I want to amend to exclude comp before date of entry.  Eligibility is no minimum age, 1 YOS, monthly entry.  The employer will not be making contributions of any kind this year.  Given these circumstances, can the compensation definition be amended mid year, effective for participants entering on or after June 1?  There will be no cutbacks with no ER contribution.

DB plan expected to terminate in 2024.  All remaining participants are VTs and all payments/lump sums are expected in 2024.  Excess assets are anticipated.  There is no possible Qualified Replacement Plan since there are no "overlapping participants".  Plan sponsor want to maintain the plan's trust into 2025 so that such assets can be applied to anticipated 2025 audit expenses (PBGC audit or other agency).  Review of DOL Advisory Opinion 97-03A indicates that reasonable such expenses can be covered by plan assets (at least that is my read of the AO).

Since 12/31/24 assets are not zero, a 5500 will be required for 2025 plan year, but little or no other administrative tasks.

If, after such audits, any remaining excess assets will be taken as a sponsor reversion, per the plan document. 

1. Is it reasonable for the sponsor to maintain the trust in anticipation of expenses?
2. What if (for example), there is no 2025 audit, but the sponsor anticipates a PBGC audit will eventually occur in 2026; is there a time limit over which maintenance of the trust becomes unreasonable or in violation of some other rule?
3. What other concerns have I overlooked?

It's been a long time, but I'm being asked to conduct mandatory distributions for a few termed participants with balances over $1,000.  In the past I've used Penchecks, but I'm wondering who else might be out there to take custody of the funds.  Tried to contact Millennium Trust but can't get a call back.  Anyone out there have ideas for other service providers?

Based on what I'm reading from the IRS website, missed deferral and SHMAT contributions over 2 years old have to do the following:

1. Deposit 50% of missed deferral + 100% of missed SHMAT contributions

2. Missed deferral is deposited into QNEC source, missed SHMAT is deposited into QMAC source

3. Lost earnings are based on the missed deposit going into QNEC and QMAC sources 

4. Prepare 5330