As they do every year, the Internal Revenue Service released the dollar limits that apply to qualified retirement plans.
The 2012 Limits for Qualified Retirement Plans
As they do every year, the Internal Revenue Service released the dollar limits that apply to qualified retirement plans. There are three separate charts below that list the limits for 2012. The three charts are separated to identify the limits for: (1) defined contribution plans, (2) defined benefit plans, and (3) both defined contribution and defined benefit plans.
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Defined Contribution PLAN Limits |
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Description of Dollar Limit |
2011 |
2012 |
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Limit on Employee Elective Deferrals (the "402(g)" limit) |
$16,500 |
$17,000 |
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Limit on Catch-Up Contributions (414(v)) |
$5,500 |
$5,500 |
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Limit on total contributions made to an employee’s account under a defined contribution limit (the "415 (c)"limit) |
$49,000 |
$50,000 |
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Defined BENEFIT PLAN Limits |
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Description of Dollar Limit |
2011 |
2012 |
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Limit on annual benefit payable under a defined benefit plan (the "415(b)" limit" |
$195,000 |
$200,000 |
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Limits APPLICABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS |
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Description of Dollar Limit |
2011 |
2012 |
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401(a) (17) limit on total compensation that may be taken into accound under a qualified retirement plan |
$245,000 |
$250,000 |
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Highly compensated employee threshold |
$110,000 |
$115,000 |
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Key employee threshold |
$160,000 |
$165,000 |
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Taxable wage base |
$106,800 |
$110,100 |
If you have questions regarding these limits or any other employee benefit questions or concerns, please contact Jonathan Grossman at jgrossman@tuckerlaw.com or Jo-Anne Mineweaser at jmineweaser@tuckerlaw.com.
