Earnings Adjustment Methods Sample Clauses
The Earnings Adjustment Methods clause defines how a party's earnings are recalculated or modified under specific circumstances, often in the context of financial agreements or business acquisitions. This clause typically outlines the formulas, benchmarks, or accounting standards used to determine adjustments, such as changes in revenue, expenses, or profit margins over a set period. Its core practical function is to ensure that the final financial outcomes reflect agreed-upon performance metrics, thereby providing fairness and transparency in financial settlements or contingent payments.
Earnings Adjustment Methods. (i) The earnings rate generally is based on the investment results that would have applied to the corrective contribution if the failure had not occurred.
(ii) Insofar as SEP assets are held in IRAs, there is no earnings rate under the SEP as a whole. If the Plan Sponsor is unable to determine what the actual investment results would have been, a reasonable interest rate may be used.
Earnings Adjustment Methods. (1) In general.
(a) Under section 6.02(4)(a) of this revenue procedure, whenever the appropriate correction method for an Operational Failure in a defined contribution plan includes a corrective contribution or allocation that increases one or more employees' account balances (now or in the future), the contribution or allocation is adjusted for earnings and forfeitures. This section 3 provides earnings adjustment methods (but not forfeiture adjustment methods) that may be used by an employer to adjust a corrective contribution or allocation for earnings in a defined contribution plan. Consequently, these earnings adjustment methods may be used to determine the earnings adjustments for corrective contributions or allocations made under the correction methods in section 2 and under the correction methods in Appendix A. If an earnings adjustment method in this section 3 is used to adjust a corrective contribution or allocation, that adjustment is treated as satisfying the earnings adjustment requirement of section 6.02(4)(a) of this revenue procedure. Other earnings adjustment methods, different from those illustrated in this section 3, may also be appropriate for adjusting corrective contributions or allocations to reflect earnings.
(b) Under the earnings adjustment methods of this section 3, a corrective contribution or allocation that increases an employee's account balance is adjusted to reflect an "earnings amount" that is based on the earnings rate(s) (determined under section 3.01(3)) for the period of the failure (determined under section 3.01(2)). The earnings amount is allocated in accordance with section 3.01(4).
(c) The rule in section 6.02(5)(a) of this revenue procedure permitting reasonable estimates in certain circumstances applies for purposes of this section 3. For this purpose, a determination of earnings made in accordance with the rules of administrative convenience set forth in this section 3 is treated as a precise determination of earnings. Thus, if the probable difference between an approximate determination of earnings and a determination of earnings under this section 3 is insignificant and the administrative cost of a precise determination would significantly exceed the probable difference, reasonable estimates may be used in calculating the appropriate earnings.
(d) This section 3 does not apply to corrective distributions or corrective reductions in account balances. Thus, for example, while this section 3 applies in increasing ...
Earnings Adjustment Methods. (1) In general.
(a) Under section 6.02(4)(a) of this revenue procedure, whenever the appropriate correction method for an Operational Failure in a defined contribution plan includes a corrective contribution or allocation that increases one or more employees' account balances (now or in the future), the contribution or allocation is adjusted for earnings and forfeitures. This section 3 provides earnings adjustment methods (but not forfeiture adjustment methods) that may be used by an employer to adjust a corrective contribution or allocation for earnings in a defined contribution plan. Consequently, these earnings adjustment methods may be used to determine the earnings adjustments for corrective contributions or allocations made under the correction methods in section 2 and under the VCS correction methods in Appendix
Earnings Adjustment Methods. In general.
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Earnings Adjustment Methods. (1) In general.
(a) Under section 6.02(5)(a), whenever the appropriate correction method for an Operational Failure in a defined contribution plan includes a corrective contribution or allocation that increases one or more employees' account balances (now or in the future), the contribution or allocation is adjusted for earnings and forfeitures. This section
Earnings Adjustment Methods. (1) In general.
(a) Under section 6.02(5)(a), whenever the appropriate correction method for an Operational Failure in a de- fined contribution plan includes a correc- tive contribution or allocation that in- creases one or more employees’ account balances (now or in the future), the contri- bution or allocation is adjusted for earn- ings and forfeitures. This section 3 pro- vides earnings adjustment methods (but not forfeiture adjustment methods) that may be used by an employer to adjust a corrective contribution or allocation for earnings in a defined contribution plan. Consequently, these earnings adjustment methods may be used to determine the earnings adjustments for corrective con- tributions or allocations made under the correction methods in section 2 and under the SVP correction methods in Appendix
A. If an earnings adjustment method in this section 3 is used to adjust a corrective contribution or allocation, that adjustment is treated as satisfying the earnings adjust- ment requirement of section 6.02