If an employee participates in a traditional or safe harbor 401 (k) plan and is age 50 or older, the elective deferral limit increases by $6,500 in 2020-2021 and $6,000 in 2018-2019. If an employee participates in a SIMPLE 401 (k) plan and is age 50 or older, the elective deferral limit increases by $3,000 in 2020-2021.
The limit is indexed for inflation, so it can increase (in $500 increments) from one year to the next. This is an individual tax limit, so all of a participant’s deferrals to all 401 (k) and 403(b) plans are combined when applying it. Any amounts exceeding the limit are called excess deferrals —creative naming, we know.
3/7/2019 · Generally, if a participant has excess deferrals based on the elective deferrals made to a single 401(k) plan or plans maintained by the same employer, then the plan must return the excess deferrals and their earnings to the participant no later than April 15 of the year following the year the excess was created [Treas. Reg. § 1.402(g)-1(e)(1)].
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3/7/2018 · Participant’s other elective deferrals under any other plan or arrangement (whether or not maintained by the Employer) exceed the limit described in the preceding Subsection, the Plan Administrator shall distribute, by April 15 of the following calendar year, the excess amount of Elective Deferrals plus income thereon.
