Small business answers — NOW!

Top-heavy plan definition

Question
What constitutes a top-heavy retirement plan? 
Answer
A top-heavy retirement plan is a qualified plan that provides more than a certain amount of benefits or contributions to owners and/or highly paid employees than for other employees. Top-heavy plans have special vesting schedules. 
Brain Trust contributor: Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2007
© 2007, Small Business Network, Inc., All Rights Reserved.
Subject to the Terms of Use of AskJim.biz
Print this page   Bookmark this page   E-mail this page to a friend   Go back to previous page
AskJim ID: 2174