Guest k-k-kuz Posted November 8, 2009 Posted November 8, 2009 My firm has a safe harbor 401k plan with a fiscal plan year ending June 30. The 401k plan limits elective deferrals to 25% of earned income. A couple of owners put in $16,500 in early January. The year has been a disaster for their business and they only took payroll for the year equal to $50,000 each for the plan year, July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009. Twenty-five percent (25%) of $50,000 is $12,500. Can we just treat the extra $4,000 that each put in last January as having occurred in July 2009, or do we have to actually force the extra $4,000 out only to have the two owners then put in right back in, before 2009 ends?
K2retire Posted November 9, 2009 Posted November 9, 2009 Deferrals cannot be deposited to the plan before the date of the paycheck from which they were withheld. So, a deposit in January could not be for a deferral from a payroll in July.
Jim Chad Posted November 9, 2009 Posted November 9, 2009 In other words, doing it right means taking it out and putting it back.
Laura Harrington Posted November 9, 2009 Posted November 9, 2009 I assume the owners are not catch-up eligible or that the plan does not allow catch-up since you did not mention it? Laura Laura
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