A local church sponsors a 403(b)(9) plan offered by the pension board of the denomination. The Plan meets the definition of a church plan for ERISA and IRC purposes.
Adoption agreement states that all employees working 20 hours or more per week are eligible to participate. Church did not realize this and has only been allowing employees working 40 hours per week to participate.
Can this be corrected by adopting a retroactive amendment changing eligibility to 40 hours per week?
IRS fix-it guide says that a failure to operate a 403(b) plan according to the terms of the written plan can be corrected by adopting a retroactive amendment conforming the plan to its operation, but I am unclear whether this would apply to the situation at hand. It just seems too simple....