Internal Revenue Code Section 402(g)

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Internal Revenue Code Section 402(g) is the U.S. tax law provision that sets the annual dollar limit on how much employees can defer from their compensation into tax-favored retirement plans such as 401(k) and 403(b) plans.

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instanceOf U.S. federal tax law provision ⓘ
section of the Internal Revenue Code ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 402(g) elective deferral limit ⓘ
elective deferral limit ⓘ
appliesOn a calendar-year basis for determining excess deferrals ⓘ
appliesPer individual taxpayer across all applicable plans ⓘ
appliesTo 401(k) plans ⓘ
403(b) plans ⓘ
SARSEP plans ⓘ
SIMPLE 401(k) plans ⓘ
SIMPLE IRA plans ⓘ
designated Roth contributions under 401(k) and 403(b) plans ⓘ
elective deferrals under cash or deferred arrangements ⓘ
eligible governmental 457(b) plans ⓘ
employee elective deferrals ⓘ
employees participating in salary reduction arrangements ⓘ
pre-tax elective deferrals ⓘ
authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust the elective deferral limit for inflation ⓘ
defines annual dollar limit on elective deferrals ⓘ
doesNotLimit catch-up contributions under Internal Revenue Code Section 414(v) ⓘ
effectiveFrom tax years beginning after 1978 ⓘ
excludes employer matching contributions from the 402(g) limit ⓘ
employer nonelective contributions from the 402(g) limit ⓘ
rollover contributions from the 402(g) limit ⓘ
governs maximum amount employees may defer from compensation into certain retirement plans ⓘ
interactsWith Internal Revenue Code Section 401(k) ⓘ
Internal Revenue Code Section 403(b) ⓘ
Internal Revenue Code Section 415(c) ⓘ
Internal Revenue Code Section 457(b) ⓘ
isAdministeredBy Internal Revenue Service ⓘ
isCodifiedIn Title 26 of the United States Code ⓘ
isIndexedFor cost-of-living adjustments ⓘ
isReferencedIn IRS Notice and Revenue Procedure guidance on cost-of-living adjustments ⓘ
IRS Publication 525 ⓘ
IRS Publication 560 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
limits combined elective deferrals to 401(k), 403(b), SARSEP, and SIMPLE plans ⓘ
partOf Internal Revenue Code ⓘ
provides that elective deferrals in excess of the 402(g) limit are excess deferrals ⓘ
regulates elective deferrals to tax-favored retirement plans ⓘ
requires distribution of excess deferrals to avoid adverse tax consequences ⓘ
inclusion in gross income of excess deferrals not timely distributed ⓘ
plan administrators to monitor elective deferrals against the annual limit ⓘ
sets a separate limit from the overall annual additions limit under Section 415(c) ⓘ
subjectTo annual dollar amount published by the Internal Revenue Service ⓘ
wasAddedBy Revenue Act of 1978 ⓘ

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403(b) plan → contributionLimitBasis → Internal Revenue Code Section 402(g) ⓘ
subject linked to: 403(b) plans