Governmental Plans under Code §401(a) - Qualified Excess Benefit Arrangements
Under Code §415(m), a portion of a governmental plan is a qualified excess benefit arrangement if:
- it is maintained to only provide a participant's annual benefit that exceeds the Code §415 limits;
- it does not allow a participant to directly or indirectly defer any compensation to that portion of the plan; and
- excess benefits are paid only from a plan trust account maintained solely for the purpose of providing excess benefits.
Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 06-Dec-2012
