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I have a rehired participant, no BIS,  worked ~ 825 hours in 2017, top heavy cross tested safe harbor match plan.  She did not contribute so no safe harbor match but receives a top heavy allocation.  Participants who receive a nonelective contibution must then be bumped up to the gateway.   My question is this...the owner's profit share percentage is 9.33%, which means the staff group can get 3.11% and gateway test passes.  However I have to increase the staff contribution in order to pass other non discrim testing.  Eligible staff is getting approx. 5.5% for profit share. Can the rehired participant receive 0.11% in addition to her top heavy or is she required to receive 2.0% to get her to 5%?  I can't seem to sort this out in my addled mind.....

 

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What does the document say?

If she's not otherwise eligible for the PS contribution but the plan has fail safe gateway language you would give her the 0.11% to pass gateway. If the plan now passes all applicable non-discrimination tests I'm pretty sure you are done.

If on the other hand she's eligible for the PS and in the same group that is getting 5.5% than she would get the bump to 5.5%.

From the way you describe the situation is sounds like she doesn't meet the allocation conditions for PS  but is getting a required TH minimum plus the additional amount required to pass gate-way under the plan. So I think she gets the 3.11% contrib and you are done if plan passes 401(a)(4) testing.

 

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Thank you Lou.  Plan doc does have fail safe gateway language. so that was my thought as well the the 0.11% was ok.  The plan does have a 1000 hour rule for ps allocation.

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If she normally would not get a profit sharing, all she gets is Top Heavy.  But, if the plan will be cross-tested, you document probably has her bumped up to the Gateway.  That's it.

If you need her bumped up to pass testing, you will have to do an 11-g amendment.

 

(Ninja'd by Lou!)

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