La. Admin. Code tit. 58 § XI-503

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section XI-503 - Early Payment of Benefits
A. In the event of plan termination, the benefit of any highly compensated employee including an active highly compensated employee and a former employee who was a highly compensated employee, is limited to a benefit that is nondiscriminatory under Internal Revenue Code, Section 401(a)(4) (see 26 U.S.C. 401 et seq.)
B.
1. For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1991, benefits distributed to any of the 25 most highly compensated active and former highly compensated employees are restricted such that the annual payments are no greater than an amount equal to the payment that would be made on behalf of the employee under a single life annuity that is the actuarial equivalent of the sum of the employee's accrued benefit and the employee's other benefits under the plan.
2. Subsection A of this Section shall not apply if:
a. after the payment of the benefit to an employee described in Paragraph 1 of this Subsection, the value of plan assets equals or exceeds 110 percent of the value of current liabilities as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 412(1)(7); or
b. the value of the benefits for an employee described above is less than 1 percent of the value of current liabilities.
3. For purposes of this Section, benefit includes loans in excess of the amount set forth in Internal Revenue Code Section 72(p)(2)(A), any periodic income, any withdrawal values payable to a living employee, and any death benefits not provided for by insurance on the employee's life.

La. Admin. Code tit. 58, § XI-503

Promulgated by the Department of the Treasury, Board of Trustees of the Parochial Employees' Retirement System, LR 30:509 (March 2004).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 11:1931.