COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS
2018
Pension Plan and Related Limits
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2017
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2018
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Pre-tax elective deferral maximum under IRC § 401(k),
403(b), and 457(b) plans
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$18,000
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$18,500
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Age 50 and older “catch-up” adjustment for 401(k), 403(b),
and governmental 457(b) plans and SEPs
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$6,000
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$6,000
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Annual compensation limit under IRC §§ 401(a)(17), 404(l) and 408(k)
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$270,000
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$275,000
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Annual benefit limit for defined benefit plans under IRC §
415(b)
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$215,000
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$220,000
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Annual contribution limit for defined contribution plans
under IRC § 415(c)
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$54,000
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$55,000
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Highly compensated employee threshold for purposes of
nondiscrimination testing in the following year under IRC § 414(q)(1)(B)
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$120,000
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$120,000
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Key employee threshold for officers for top heavy plan
under IRC § 416(i)(1)(A)(i)
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$175,000
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$175,000
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IRC § 430(c)(7)(D)(i)(II) amount for
determining excess employee compensation for single-employer defined benefit
plans where election has been made
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$1,115,000
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No
longer applicable
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ESOP account balance for five-year and one-year
distribution rule under IRC § 409(o)(1)(C)(ii)
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$1,080,000
and $215,000 |
$1,105,000 and
$220,000 |
Minimum earnings level to qualify for SEP under IRC § 408(k)
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$600
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$600
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SIMPLE plan elective deferral limit under IRC §
408(p)(2)(E)
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$12,500
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$12,500
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SIMPLE plan age 50 catch-up
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$3,000
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$3,000
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Basic IRA/Roth IRA contribution limitation under IRC §
219(b)(5)(A)/§ 408A (age 50 $1,000 catch-up for IRAs does not have
cost-of-living adjustment)
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$5,500
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$5,500
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Phase-out for
deductions for IRA for married couples filing jointly, in which the spouse
who makes the IRA contribution is an active participant in an
employer-sponsored retirement plan
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$99,000 to $119,000
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$101,000 to $121,000
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Adjusted gross
income (
For single filers –
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$186,000 to $196,000
$62,000 to
$72,000
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$189,000 to $199,000
$63,000 to
$73,000
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AGI limit for
retirement savings contributions (saver's) credit for married couples filing
jointly –
For single filers
–
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$62,000
$31,000
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$63,000
$31,500
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Health Savings Account
contribution limits (single and family)
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$3,400 and $6,750
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$3,450 and $6,900
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PBGC guaranteed benefit (yearly)
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$64,432
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$65,045
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PBGC flat-rate
premiums per participant for a single-employer plans
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$69
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$74
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PBGC variable-rate
premium for single-employer plans per $1,000 of Unfunded Vested Benefits
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$34
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$38
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PBGC (flat-rate) premiums for multiemployer plans per
participant
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$28
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$28
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Taxable wage base subject to FICA tax
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$127,200
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$128,400
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