Frequently Asked Questions
Who is eligible for the CSEC Plan Amortization Extension?
CSEC plans where failure to extend would result in substantial risk to plan continuation or benefit levels; requires Secretary approval.
How does the CSEC Plan Amortization Extension work?
Allows Cooperative and Small Employer Charity (CSEC) plans to request a 10-year extension on the amortization of unfunded liabilities to reduce immediate contribution requirements.
What law authorizes the CSEC Plan Amortization Extension?
The CSEC Plan Amortization Extension is authorized under IRC §433(d) of the Internal Revenue Code (Title 26, United States Code).
Statutory Text — IRC §433
Source: Internal Revenue Code, Title 26, United States Code
§ 433. Minimum funding standards for CSEC plans(a) General ruleFor purposes of section 412, the term “accumulated funding deficiency” for a CSEC plan means the excess of the total charges to the funding standard account for all plan years (beginning with the first plan year to which section 412 applies) over the total credits to such account for such years or, if less, the excess of the total charges to the alternative minimum funding standard account for such plan years over the total credits to such account for such years.
(b) Funding standard account(1) Account requiredEach plan to which this section applies shall establish and maintain a funding standard account. Such account shall be credited and charged solely as provided in this section.
(2) Charges to accountFor a plan year, the funding standard account shall be charged with the sum of—(A) the normal cost of the plan for the plan year,
(B) the amounts necessary to amortize in equal annual installments (until fully amortized)—(i) in the case of a plan in existence on January 1, 1974, the unfunded past service liability under the plan on the first day of the first plan year to which section 412 applies, over a period of 40 plan years,
(ii) in the case of a plan which comes into existence after January 1, 1974, but before the first day of the first plan year beginning after December 31, 2013, the unfunded past service liability under the plan on the first day of the first plan year to which section 412 applies, over a period of 30 plan years,
(iii) separately, with respect to each plan year, the net increase (if any) in unfunded past service liability under the plan arising from plan amendments adopted in such year, over a period of 15 plan years,
(iv) separately, with respect to each plan year, the net experience loss (if any) under the plan, over a period of 5 plan years, and
(v) separately, with respect to each plan year, the net loss (if any) resulting from changes in actuarial assumptions used under the plan, over a period of 10 plan years,
(C) the amount necessary to amortize each waived funding deficiency (within the meaning of section 412(c)(3)) for each prior plan year in equal annual installments (until fully amortized) over a period of 5 plan years,
(D) the amount necessary to amortize in equal annual installments (until fully amortized) over a period of 5 plan years any amount credited to the funding standard account under paragraph (3)(D), and
(E) the amount necessary to amortize in equal annual installments (until fully amortized) over a period of 20 years the contributions which would be required to be made under the plan but for the provisions of section 412(c)(7)(A)(i)(I) (as in effect on the day before the enactment of the Pension Protection Act of 2006).
(3) Credits to accountFor a plan year, the funding standard account shall be credited with the sum of—(A) the amount considered contributed by the employer to or under the plan for the plan year,
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