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Employer plans

Retirement savings plans provided by employers. These include pensions, 403(b)s, 457(b)s, SEP IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs.

Employer reversion

Definition In general, employer reversion means the amount of cash and the fair market value of other property (directly or indirectly) by an employer from

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Employee

Definition A general rule is that anyone who performs services for you is your employee if you can control what will be done and how

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Eligible employees

Definition Employees who have met the plan’s eligibility requirements for participating in the plan. The eligibility requirements vary among plan types. The following chart provides

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Eligibility

Definition The parameters that determines whether a participant meets the requirements for certain retirement plans and/or plan benefits. Eligibility is  defined in the plan document

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Election

Definition An action by a participant and beneficiaries  to have certain treatments apply to their retirement assets. Examples of elections that can be made by

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Defined contribution plan

Definition What is a defined contribution plan? An employer sponsored qualified-plan , where employees receive a promised contribution to their account . The contribution can

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Deferral election (Salary)

Definition A written election made by plan participants to make salary deferral contributions to an employer-sponsored plan that includes salary deferral-feature. Such plans include SARSEPs,

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