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Instructions for Schedule Q (Form 5300) (1/2010)

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Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

Revised: 1/2010


Table of Contents

  • Instructions for Schedule Q (Form 5300) - Introductory Material
    • What's New
  • General Instructions
    • Purpose of Schedule
    • Who May File
    • What to Complete
  • Specific Instructions
    • Guidelines For Certain Demonstrations
      • Demo 1 – Qualified Separate Lines of Business
      • Demo 2
      • Demo 3 – Nondiscriminatory Current Availability of Benefits, Rights, and Features
      • Demo 4 – Test for Restructuring, Mandatory Disaggregation, or Permissive Aggregation
      • Demo 5 – The Average Benefit Percentage Test
      • All Plans
      • Demo 6 – General Test
      • All Plans (Unless Otherwise Noted)
      • Demo 6 – Safe Harbor for Uniform Points Plans
      • Demo 6 – Alternative Safe Harbor for Flat Benefit Plans
      • Demo 7 – Test for Pre-participation or Imputed Service
      • Demo 8 – Test for Floor Offset Arrangement
      • Demo 9 – Nondiscriminatory Compensation
      • Demo 10 – Employer-Provided Benefit Method
      • Demo 11 – Test To Show Employer-Provided Benefit Is Nondiscriminatory in Amount
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