Section 415 Compensation means with respect to any Plan Year and shall:
(a) include amounts accrued to a Participant (regardless of whether he was a Participant during the entire Plan Year and regardless of whether in cash):
(i) as wages, salaries, fees for professional services and other amounts received for personal services actually rendered in the course of his employment with the Companies including but not limited to commissions, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits and bonuses;
(ii) for purposes of Subsection (a)(i) above, earned income from sources outside the United States (as defined in Section 911(b) of the Code), whether or not excludible from gross income under Section 911 of the Code or deductible under Section 913 of the Code;
(iii) amounts described in Sections 104(a)(3), 105(a) and 115(h) of the Code but only to the extent that these amounts are includible in the gross income of that Participant; and
(iv) amounts paid or reimbursed by the Companies for moving expenses incurred by that Participant, but only to the extent that these amounts are not deductible by that Participant under Section 217 of the Code;
(b) not include:
(i) notwithstanding Subsection (a)(i) above, there shall be excluded from Section 415 Compensation amounts contributed to a plan as contributions to a qualified cash or deferred plan under Section 401(k) of the Code;
(ii) other contributions made by a Company to any plan of deferred compensation to the extent that, before the application of the Section 415 of the Code limitations to that plan, the contributions are not includible in the gross income of that Participant for the taxable year in which contributed; in addition, Company contributions made on behalf of that Participant to a simplified employee pension plan described in Section 408(k) of the Code shall not be considered as Section 415 Compensation for the Plan Year in which contributed; additionally, any distributions from a plan of deferred compensation shall not be considered as Section 415 Compensation, regardless of whether such amounts are includible in the gross income of that Participant when distributed; however, any amounts received by that Participant pursuant to an unfunded nonqualified plan shall be considered as Section 415 Compensation in the Plan Year in which such amounts are includible in the gross income of that Participant; and
(iii) other amounts which receive special federal income tax benefits, such as premiums for group term life ins...
Section 415 Compensation shall be a Participant's remuneration as defined in Income Tax Regulations Sections 1.415-2(d)(2), (3) and (6). For purposes of this Section, effective for Plan Years commencing after December 31, 1997, Section 415 Compensation shall include (A) any elective deferral (as defined in Section 402(g)(3) of the Code, and (B) any amount which is contributed or deferred by the Employer at the election of the Employee and which is not includable in the gross income of the Employee by reason of Section 125 or 457 of the Code.
Section 415 Compensation means a Participant’s wages within the meaning of Code Section 3401(a) and all other payments of compensation to the Participant by the Company (in the course of the Company’s business) for which the Company is required to provide the Participant a written statement under Code Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 6052. Section 415 Compensation shall be determined without regard to any rules under Code Section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the nature or location of the employment or the services performed. Compensation for any limitation year is the compensation actually paid or includible in gross income during such year. Effective January 1, 1998, “Section 415 Compensation” shall include elective deferrals as defined in Code Section 402(g)(3) of the Code and any amount which is contributed or deferred by the Company or an Affiliated Company at the election of an Employee and which is not includible in the gross income of the Employee by reason of Code Sections 125, 132(f)(4) or 457.
Examples of Section 415 Compensation in a sentence
As soon as administratively feasible, actual Section 415 Compensation shall be determined.
Until Section 415 Compensation is actually determinable, the Employer may use a reasonable estimate of Section 415 Compensation.
A 1% owner, determined under the definition of 5% Owner but replacing "5%" with "1%," whose Section 415 Compensation exceeds $150,000.
Section 415 Compensation shall not exceed the Annual Compensation Limit.
For Plan Years beginning before January 1, 1998, for purposes of determining compensation under (a) above, compensation means Section 415 Compensation plus elective contributions that are excluded from gross income by Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), or 403(b).
More Definitions of Section 415 Compensation
Section 415 Compensation means:
Section 415 Compensation means a Participant's earned income, wages, salaries, and fees for professional services, and other amounts received for personal services actually rendered in the course of employment with an employer maintaining a plan (including, but not limited to, commissions paid salesmen, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips and bonuses), and excluding the following:
Section 415 Compensation means, with respect to a Participant for the period specified, the total cash and non‑cash remuneration paid to a Participant by the Employer or an Affiliate, determined as follows:
Section 415 Compensation means, with respect to any Participant, the greatest of (a), (b) or (c) below:
Section 415 Compensation means Compensation as defined in section 2.1(k)(3).
Section 415 Compensation means wages, salaries, other amounts received for personal services actually rendered (including, but not limited to, commissions paid salesmen, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips, bonuses, fringe benefits and reimbursements or other expense allowances under a nonaccountable plan), and earned income (within the meaning of section 401(c)(2) of the Code) from the Employer and all Affiliates and (to the extent provided by applicable Treasury Regulations) from an employer purchasing a section 403(b) annuity. The term includes income from sources outside the United States (as defined in section 911(b) of the Code); but, to the extent provided by applicable Treasury Regulations, the term excludes amounts which receive special tax benefit. The term also includes differential wage payments (as defined in section 3401(h)(2) of the Code). Section 415 Compensation is determined without regard to the exclusions from gross income in sections 931 and 933 of the Code. Deferred compensation is included only with respect to amounts received pursuant to an unfunded non-qualified plan and only in the Limitation Year such amounts are included in the Employee’s gross income. Section 415 Compensation actually paid or made available to a Participant within a Limitation Year (including, at the election of the Employer, amounts earned but not paid in a Limitation Year because of the timing of pay periods and pay days if these amounts are paid during the first few weeks of the next Limitation Year, the amounts are included on a uniform and consistent basis with respect to all similarly situated Employees and no amount is included in more than one Limitation Year) shall be used unless, for Limitation Years beginning before December 31, 1991 (or such later date as may be prescribed by Treasury Regulations), the Employer and each Affiliate maintaining a qualified plan elect, by the adoption of a written resolution, to use the Section 415 Compensation accrued for an entire Limitation Year. The term includes amounts that are includible in gross income of an Employee under the rules of section 409A or 457(f)(1)(A) of the Code or because the amounts are constructively received by the Employee. Except as follows, in order to be taken into account for a Limitation Year, Section 415 Compensation must be paid or treated as paid to an Employee prior to the Employee’s severance from employment with the Employer. Section 415...
Section 415 Compensation means, with respect to a Plan Year, the total compensation paid by the Company to an Employee for services rendered while an Employee that constitutes wages as defined in Section 3401(a) of the Code and all other payments by the Company to an Employee for services rendered while an Employee for which the Company is required to furnish the Employee a written statement under Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 6052 of the Code without regard to any rules under Section 3401(a) of the Code that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the nature or location of the employment or services performed.