Treasury Regulations · 26 CFR
§ 1.401(a)-16. Limitations on benefits and contributions under qualified plans.
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Regulation under 26 U.S.C. § 401(a)
Cite as 26 CFR § 1.401(a)-16
At a glance
Read from the text and its source citation. Not part of the regulation.
- Status
- In the current eCFR
- Issued
- January 7, 1981 by T.D. 7748
- Issued under
- 26 U.S.C. § 401(a)
- Length
- 52 words · about 1 min to read
- Cross-references
- cites 1 Code section and 0 regulations; cited by 0
A trust will not be a qualified trust and a plan will not be a qualified plan if the plan provides for benefits or contributions which exceed the limitations of section 415. Section 415 and the regulations thereunder provide rules concerning these limitations on benefits and contributions.
[T.D. 7748, 46 FR 1696, Jan. 7, 1981]
Cross-references
Computed from the citations in the text of 26 CFR.
Code sections it cites
Amendment history
From the source citation at the end of the section, newest first. T.D. is a Treasury decision; FR is the Federal Register.
- Issued by T.D. 7748 (46 FR 1696)
Where it sits in 26 CFR
- Subchapter A Income tax
- Part 1 Income taxes
- Pension, Profit-Sharing, Stock Bonus Plans, etc.
Nearby sections
- § 1.401(a)-12 Mergers and consolidations of plans and transfers of plan assets.
- § 1.401(a)-13 Assignment or alienation of benefits.
- § 1.401(a)-14 Commencement of benefits under qualified trusts.
- § 1.401(a)-15 Requirement that plan benefits are not decreased on account of certain Social Security increases.
- § 1.401(a)-16 Limitations on benefits and contributions under qualified plans.
- § 1.401(a)-19 Nonforfeitability in case of certain withdrawals.
- § 1.401(a)-20 Requirements of qualified joint and survivor annuity and qualified preretirement survivor annuity.
- § 1.401(a)-21 Rules relating to the use of an electronic medium to provide applicable notices and to make participant elections.
- § 1.401(a)-30 Limit on elective deferrals.