Defined Contribution Plan definition

Defined Contribution Plan. A retirement plan which provides for an individual account for each participant and for benefits based solely on the amount contributed to the participant's account, and any income, expenses, gains and losses, and any forfeitures of accounts of other participants which the plan may allocate to such participant's account. The Advisory Committee must treat all defined contribution plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the Employer as a single plan. Solely for purposes of the limitations of Part 2 of this Article III, the Advisory Committee will treat employee contributions made to a defined benefit plan maintained by the Employer as a separate defined contribution plan. The Advisory Committee also will treat as a defined contribution plan an individual medical account (as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2)) included as part of a defined benefit plan maintained by the Employer and, for taxable years ending after December 31, 1985, a welfare benefit fund under Code Section 419(e) maintained by the Employer to the extent there are post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the separate account of a key employee (as defined in Code Section 419A(d)(3)).
Defined Contribution Plan means a retirement program that provides for an individual account for each participant and for benefits based solely upon the amount contributed to the participant's account, and any income, expenses, gains, and losses credited or charged to the account, and any forfeitures of accounts of other participants that may be allocated to the participant's account.
Defined Contribution Plan has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(34) of ERISA.

Examples of Defined Contribution Plan in a sentence

  • Defined contribution plan A defined contribution plan is a post-employment benefit plan under which an entity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further amounts.

  • Defined contribution plan accounting is applied to multi-employer defined benefit plans and, accordingly, contributions are expensed.

  • Defined contribution plan within the meaning of IAS 19: Employee Benefits, so no present value shown.

  • Defined contribution plan comprise of contribution to the employees’ provident fund with government, Employees’ State Insurance and Pension Scheme.

  • Defined contribution plan The pension plan under the Labor Pension Act (the Act) is a defined contribution plan.


More Definitions of Defined Contribution Plan

Defined Contribution Plan means the Adventist Retirement Plan.
Defined Contribution Plan means a retirement plan that provides for an individual retirement account for each participant and the benefits of which are based solely on the amount contributed to the participant's account and that includes any income, expenses, gains, losses, or forfeitures of accounts of other participants that may be allocated to the participant's account.
Defined Contribution Plan means a Qualified Plan described in Code section 414(i).
Defined Contribution Plan means a plan described in Section 414(i) of the Code.
Defined Contribution Plan means (i) a Retirement Plan which provides for an individual account for each participant therein and for benefits based solely on the amount contributed to the participant’s account, and any income, expenses, gains and losses, and any forfeitures of accounts of other participants which may be allocated to such participant’s account and (ii) mandatory and/or voluntary employee contributions to a defined benefit plan to the extent of such employee contributions.
Defined Contribution Plan means an individual account plan as defined in ss.3(34) of ERISA.
Defined Contribution Plan means a plan, such as the FRS Investment Plan, which provides for an individual account for each member and for benefits based solely on the amount contributed to the member’s account, and any income, expenses, gains and losses, and any forfeitures of accounts of other members which may be allocated to such member’s account.