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Owner of 2 businesses, not control group... Simple and 401k in same year


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2 businesses, A and B

Company A:

Dave 50% owner

Dave's dad 50% owner

Company B:

Dave 49% owner

Dave's wife 51% owner - Dave considered 100% owner, attribution

Controlled group? I dont think so (hashes out with someone), comments welcome

Company A is going to put in place a Simple (has other EEs). Can Company B establish a Solo 401 for Dave and his wife (no other EEs)?

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Unless Dave is under 21, then you are right that it is not a controlled group. Thus, your plan situation is feasible. However, the SIMPLE deferrals will count toward the 402(g) limit, so watch for that.

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Let me change this and see what people think....

Company A:

Dave 100% owner

has 3 EEs

Company B:

Dave 49% owner

Dave's wife 51% owner - Dave considered 100% owner, attribution

Dave and wife only EEs

These 2 companies are not an Affiliated Service Group, have nothing to do with each other, do not do business with each other, separate locations... Client would like to (ideally) put in a SH for Company A and a Solo for company B. Obviously max out Company B

Comments?

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My thoughts are that Company B's plan would not pass coverage so it would need to be aggregated with Company A's plan for 401(a)(4). If the solo is deferral only, why not just have one plan covering the 3 ees, Dave, and Dave's wife?

However, if Plan B also has the maximim PS feature (i.e. 28k to Dave) then you would have to run the general test under 401(a)(4) on an aggregated basis and I think Company A's employees would need to get a least the gateway and maybe more.

More comments would be great.

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I thought it was a controlled group... wanted to post to see if anyone would come up with a reason why it wasn't.

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