Pension Plan Limitations for 2007
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The Internal Revenue Service has announced the annual cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for pension plans and other items for Tax Year 2007. The increase in the cost-of-living index met the statutory thresholds that trigger adjustment for most pension plan limitations. Some of the cost-ofliving adjustments are based on increased limits enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001 ("EGTRRA"). These EGTRRA-mandated increases, which were to have expired in 2010, have recently been made permanent by the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
- The limitation on annual benefits under a defined benefit plan is increased from $175,000 to $180,000. For participants who separated from service before January 1, 2007, the defined benefit limitation is computed by multiplying the participant’s compensation limitation, as adjusted through 2006, by 1.0334 (Code sections 415(b)(1)(A) and (B)).
- The limitation on annual additions under defined contribution plans is increased from $44,000 to $45,000 (Code section 415(c)(1)(A)).
- The maximum amount of elective deferrals that may be made to 401(k) plans, 403(b) annuities, simplified employee pensions ("SEPs"), and 457(b) plans for 2007 is increased from $15,000 to $15,500 (Code sections 402(g)(1) and 457(e)(15)).
- The annual limit on compensation for plan purposes is increased from $220,000 to $225,000 (Code sections 401(a)(17), 404(l), 408(k)(3)(C), and 408(k)(6)(D)(ii)).
- The dollar limitation used for the definition of key employee in a top-heavy plan is increased from $140,000 to $145,000 (Code section 416(i)(1)(A)(i)).
- The dollar amount for determining the maximum account balance in an employee stock ownership plan subject to a 5-year distribution period is increased from $885,000 to $915,000, while the dollar amount used to determine the lengthening of the 5-year distribution period is increased from $175,000 to $180,000 (Code section 409(o)(1)(C)(ii)).
- The annual compensation limitation for eligible participants in certain governmental plans that, under the plan as in effect on July 1, 1993, allowed cost-of-living adjustments to the compensation limitation under the plan under Code section 401(a)(17) to be taken into account, is increased from $325,000 to $335,000.
- The minimum compensation amount used for determining required participation in SEPs is increased from $450 to $500 (Code section 408(k)(2)(C)).
- The compensation amounts used in defining "control employee" for fringe benefit valuation is increased from $85,000 to $90,000 for Board or shareholder-appointed, confirmed, or elected officers of the employer, and is increased from $175,000 to $180,000 for all other employees (Reg. sections 1.61–21(f)(5)(i) and (iii)).
- The limitation on the exclusion for elective deferrals to SIMPLE retirement accounts is increased from $10,000 to $10,500 (Code section 408(p)(2)(E)).
Limitations which Remain Unchanged
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