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Single Participant 401(k)

Key Features

  • 401(k) program designed for an employer with no employees other than a spouse.
  • Employer contribution limits are set in the plan document. Contributions may be discretionary.
  • Participant loans are available.
  • All contributions must be 100% immediately vested.

Who Can Establish

  • Business owners and corporations with no employees other than a spouse.  If other employees are hired, the plan will revert to standard plan.
Who contributes: employee and employer

Standard 401(k)

Key Features

  • Permits pre-tax salary deferral contributions.
  • Complicated discrimination testing and tax reporting.
  • Employer matching and profit sharing contributions may be discretionary.
  • Participant loans can be made available.
  • Vesting schedule on employer contributions is determined by employer.

Who Can Establish

  • Self-employed persons, partnerships, corporations and non-profit groups.
Who contributes: employee and employer

 


Safe harbor 401(k)

Key Features

  • Permits pre-tax salary deferrals.
  • Eliminates complicated discrimination testing.
  • Permits employers to choose either a 3% profit sharing contribution or a 4% match on a 5% deferral.
  • Employer contribution must be made each year to maintain Safe Harbor provisions.
  • Participant loans can be made available.
  • All contributions must be 100% immediately vested.

Who Can Establish

  • Self-employed persons, partnerships, corporations and non-profit groups.
Who contributes: employee and employer

 


Profit Sharing Plans

Key Features

  • Profit sharing contribution requirements are set in the plan document.
  • Contributions may be discretionary.
  • Employers may add a 401(k) salary-deferral feature.
  • Participant loans can be made available.
  • Vesting schedule is determined by employer.

Who Can Establish

  • Self-employed persons, partnerships, corporations and non-profit groups.
Who contributes: employee and employer

 


Age Weighted and New Comparability
Profit Sharing Plans

Key Features

  • Age weighted formula is determined by the salary range and age of employee.
  • New comparability formula groups employees into categories and then bases the formula on each group as governed by nondiscrimination regulations.
  • Profit sharing contribution requirements are set in the plan document.
  • Contributions may be discretionary.
  • Employers may add a 401(k) salary-deferral feature.
  • Participant loans are available.
  • Vesting schedule is determined by employer.

Who Can Establish

  • Self-employed persons, partnerships, corporations and non-profit groups.
Who contributes: employer

 


Super Comparability 401(k)

Key Features

  • Super Comparability 401(k) incorporates the features of a New Comparability Plan with 401(k) Safe Harbor provisions.
  • Safe Harbor 401(k) permits employers to choose either a 3% profit sharing contribution or a 4% match on a 5% deferral.
  • Employer contribution must be made each year to maintain Safe Harbor provisions.
  • No 401(k)-type discrimination testing.
  • Participant loans can be made available.
  • All Safe Harbor contributions are 100% immediately vested.

Who Can Establish

  • Self-employed persons, partnerships, corporations and non-profit groups.
Who contributes: employee and employer

The associates at Qualified Plans are responsive, knowledgeable, and very patient with any question asked, no matter how trivial the question may seem. We have come to rely on Qualified Plans for their guidance and trustworthiness and truly enjoy working with them.
Faye L. McCorkle
The Benefit Company