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401(k) Safe Harbor Plans

401(k) Safe Harbor Commentaries
Date Subject Title
07/01/10 Plan Design Exclude HCEs from SH Contribution
06/21/10 Plan Termination Short Plan Year
04/30/10 EPCRS Correction Eligibility Error in SH Plan
02/25/10 Top Heavy SH 401(k) & Top Heavy
08/21/09 2010 SH 401(k) for 2010
09/18/09 Chart 401(k) SH Chart
05/26/09 NEC Stop NEC Mid-Year Proposed Reg
09/12/07 QACA Chart QACA/SH 401(k), QACA Chart
07/13/07 Chart SIMPLE, SH 401(k), QACA Chart
06/22/07 QACA Auto-enrollment SH 401(k)

05/24/07

Notice

Brand-New Plan or New Employee

07/03/08

Compensation

401(k) SH Compensation

02/09/06

2006

Safe Harbor 401(k) Plans for 2006

12/15/06 Notice 2007 Safe Harbor 401(k) Notice

06/05/09

Chart

Revised 401(k) Safe Harbor Chart

12/01/05

Cross-Tested

Safe Harbor 401(k) And Cross-Tested

11/17/05

Compliance

Safe Harbor 401(k) Notice Compliant

10/27/05

Year Exceptions

Exceptions to 12 Month Plan Year

10/27/05

Discret. Match

Safe Harbor & Discretionary Match

06/09/05

Termination

Terminating with a Short Plan Year

11/18/04

2005

Safe Harbor Plans for 2005

10/01/02

Top Heavy

Safe Harbor & Top Heavy Post-EGTRRA

09/01/02

2003

Safe Harbor 401(k) for 2003

11/07/03

2004

Safe Harbor 401(k) for 2004

03/19/04

Top Heavy

Top Heavy Rules, RR 2004-13

10/21/04

Top Heavy

Coordinating Top Heavy & Safe Harbor

 

401(k) Safe Harbor & Related Top Heavy FAQs
Date Subject
08/07/09 Failure to Provide Safe Harbor Notice
07/23/09 Testing Method When Stopping SH Midyear
04/03/09 HCEs Required to Receive SH Contrib?
02/02/09
01/16/09 SH Amended out, Test Current or Prior?
04/04/08 TH Comp Full
04/04/08 Matching May Be Used
04/04/08 3% TH 1/2 or Whole Year
02/21/08 SH 401(k) and Discretionary Match

11/16/07

TH Exempt? Defer & SH Match to NHCEs, No Forfeitures.

11/16/07

RR 2004-13 When SH is Exempt from Top Heavy.

11/16/07

Immediate Deferral & 6-month Eligibilty for SH Matching?

10/26/07

Safe Harbor 401(k), 1 of 3 Partners & NHCE?

10/05/07

Simple IRA to a Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan, Jan. 1 Timing

10/05/07

Deadline to Start a Safe Harbor 401(k)

10/05/07

Basic SH Matching Satisfy ADP Test?

08/03/07

Fixed Match & 3% SH NEC, Satisfy the ACP SH?

07/03/08

Notice Deadline: Brand-New Plan, New Employee

07/03/08

Roth 401(k) in a SH Plan?

07/03/08 Discretionary Match, Exempt from ACP Testing?
04/29/04 Compensation Participant or Plan Yr
05/28/04 May a safe-harbor 401(k) plan change plan years by running a short plan year?
03/07/05 3% SH NEC Exempt From the Top-Heavy Rules?
07/03/08 Amending Document to Add 401(k) Safe Harbor
07/03/08 3% SH NEC May Satisfy ADP and ACP
06/25/02 3% NEC Used to Satisfy Top Heavy
07/03/08 Top Heavy Exemption, SH Match
 

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