Bonus in an Excess Benefit Plan

[Guest jhilliard]

Are bonus payments considered part of compensation?

Thanks

[MGB]

It depends on how the plan document defines compensation.

[david rigby]

And it depends on what happens to the bonus. Since this Q was posted in the message board referring to Nonqualifed plans, its possible that you are asking about a bonus that was deferred. If so, that is a nonqualified plan; any comp that is deferred in a nonqualified plan should not be considered compensation under a qualified plan, at least not until actually paid.

[Guest jhilliard]

My fault I actually never finished the question and I inadvertently posted it. I thank you for your help!