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Question 145: A owns 100% of a building contractor corp, 50% of a painting corp and 50% of a bricklaying LLC. The other half of the painting corp and the other half of the bricklaying LLC are owned by two people unrelated to A. The building contrator corp performs all administrative functions (payroll, hiring, and billing as well as actual day to day management) for all three companies. Can I call these entities a single employer for purposes of sponsoring a 401(k) plan-- using a prototype, discrimination testing, etc.? |
Answer: You can call them whatever you like. Call them "George" if it suits you. But when you test them, you had best test them as though they were separate entities, because they are. |
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