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Excess Deferral

Contributions to an IRA, 401(k), or other tax-deferred account over and above the limits on what may be deferred. Most plans place limits on how much can be contributed to the account each year and written off of one's taxable income. If one contributes too much, one runs the risk of paying taxes on the excess deferral in the year it is contributed as well as the year it is distributed after retirement. One may avoid this if one requests a refund of the excess deferral in the same tax year. If one does this, one only owes taxes for the current year.

Excess deferral. An excess deferral is a contribution that exceeds the tax-deductible amount you can add to an employer sponsored retirement plan in a particular year.

Your plan may allow excess deferrals to be distributed to you. If so, you must make the request by April 15 of the following year. If the amount and any earnings are returned to you by that date, the excess is taxed in the year it went into the plan and the earnings are taxed in the year they are distributed. There's no 10% tax penalty for early withdrawal.

For example, if you contribute too much in 2008, you must request distribution by April 15, 2009. If the distribution is made by April 15, 2009, you report the excess as income for 2008 and the earnings as income for 2009.

If the distribution is not made before the deadline, the excess is taxed in the year it was made and also when it is distributed.

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After-Tax Contribution	Relief for operational failures involving excess deferrals corrected in the tax year following the year of the failure has been changed to include failure to pay amounts during the year in which the original payment date occurred. Notice 2010-6: sec. 409A document failure correction program by Almeras, Jon / The Tax Adviser Correction of Excess Deferrals Under prior law, 401(k) plans satisfied the discrimination tests by returning excess deferral contributions to the HCEs who had the highest deferral percentages, as opposed to the HCE with the highest deferral amount. Pension simplification: the ultimate oxymoron? by Barber, Steven K. / Florida Bar Journal Effective for plan years beginning in 1997, the Act provides that the distribution of excess deferrals is required to be made on the basis of the amount of contributions made by each HCE. Pension simplification finally arrives: the employee benefit ... by Tax Executive	Ex-Pit Transaction Ex-Post Ex-Rights Ex-Rights Date ex-situ Ex-Warrant Ex-Warrants Exact Interest Exact matching examination of title Examined Business Examiner Exante Average Rate of Return Excedente de reservas Excedente del consumidor Excedente do consumidor Except for Opinion exception Exceptional Item Exceptional Return Exces de la demande Exceso de demanda Excess accumulation Excess Contribution Excess Deferral Excess Deferrals Excess Demand Excess Interest Excess Kurtosis excess land Excess Loan Excess Margin Excess Profits Tax excess rent Excess Reserves Excess Return Excess Return on the Market Portfolio Excess Returns Excess Social Security Tax Withheld Excess Supply Excess-Accumulation Penalty Excess-Currency Country Excessive Insurance Excessive Purchases Excessive Trading exchange Exchange Acquisition Exchange Against Actual Exchange Controls Exchange Distribution Exchange Fund	Excess Accumulation Penalty excess air Excess and Obsolescence Excess and Surplus Excess Baggage Excess Biological Phosphate Removal Excess burden of taxation Excess Burst Size excess calcium excess calcium excess calcium Excess Casualty Reinsurance Association excess coefficient Excess Collections File Excess Concessional Contributions Tax excess condemnation excess conduction Excess contribution Excess Contribution Refund Excess Contributions Excess Cost Adjudication Function Excess Currency Countries Excess Currency Country excess current Excess Defense Article Excess deferral Excess Deferrals excess demand excess demand Excess Demand Probability Excess Disposition System excess electron Excess Emission Excess Emission Report Excess Emissions and Monitoring Systems Performance Report excess fare Excess Flow Valve Excess fluid Excess fluid excess fluid volume excess fluid volume excess fluid volume excess fluid volume excess fluid volume Excess Frequency Factor Excess Information Rate Excess Interest Excess Interest Whole Life Insurance Excess Inventory Program excess joint Excess kurtosis Excess kurtosis Excess kurtosis Excess kurtosis excess land Excess Liability Trust Fund Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk

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After-Tax Contribution

Relief for operational failures involving excess deferrals corrected in the tax year following the year of the failure has been changed to include failure to pay amounts during the year in which the original payment date occurred.

Notice 2010-6: sec. 409A document failure correction program by Almeras, Jon / The Tax Adviser

Correction of Excess Deferrals Under prior law, 401(k) plans satisfied the discrimination tests by returning excess deferral contributions to the HCEs who had the highest deferral percentages, as opposed to the HCE with the highest deferral amount.

Pension simplification: the ultimate oxymoron? by Barber, Steven K. / Florida Bar Journal

Effective for plan years beginning in 1997, the Act provides that the distribution of excess deferrals is required to be made on the basis of the amount of contributions made by each HCE.

Pension simplification finally arrives: the employee benefit ... by Tax Executive