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Highly compensated employees. Highly compensated employees are people whose on-the-job earnings are higher than the level the government has established to differentiate this category of worker. In 2007, that amount is $100,000. It is increased from time to time to reflect the impact of inflation. The major consequence of being a member of this group is that the percentage of earnings that highly compensated employees may contribute to their 401(k) or similar plan is determined by the contribution rates of other plan participants who earn less. If lower-paid employees contribute an average of 2% or less, higher-paid employees may contribute up to twice that percentage. If the average is 3% to 8%, higher-paid employees may contribute two percentage points more than the average. And if the average is 8% or higher, the maximum for highly compensated employees is 1.25 times that average. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For benefits testing, the fundamental nondiscrimination rules set forth in the proposed regulations are (1) all similarly situated participants must have a uniform opportunity to elect qualified benefits, and (2) the use of nonqualified benefits by highly compensated employees (HCEs) must not be disproportionate to compensation. However, the June guidelines from the SEC indicated that the CFO was not a covered employee under 162(m), and only the CEO and the next three highly compensated employees excluding the CFO were subject to the deduction limitation. For benefits testing, the fundamental nondiscrimination rules set forth in the proposed regulations are, first, all similarly situated participants must have a uniform opportunity to elect qualified benefits and, second, the use of nonqualified benefits by highly compensated employees (HCEs) must not be disproportionate to compensation. |
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