1) steps to implementing the
Roth 401(k)
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. of New York
RP 1030 NY 11-15
For Financial Professional and Plan Sponsor Use Only.
2) We’re here to help you. Now that
you’ve made the decision to offer
the Roth 401(k) feature to your
plan participants, here are a few
things you need to consider.
1. eview your payroll system to be sure it has
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the capability to calculate both pre-tax salary
deferrals and after-tax Roth contributions or a
combination of both. The recordkeeping system
will need to store this information in order to
provide an accurate account of the amount of
each type of contribution for year-end IRS Form
W-2 reporting.
2. e sure to enter the participant’s traditional preB
tax salary deferral and Roth after-tax deferrals
under the correct source on our deposit
website. This is critical because our participant
reporting segregates Roth contributions
from pre-tax contributions on all participant
correspondence and statement reporting, as
required by IRS regulation.
4. omplete and sign the Roth 401(k) Amendment
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provided to you. This must be executed prior to
the implementation of the Roth feature. Upon
request, we can provide a sample “Certificate of
Resolution” to document your formal adoption of
the Roth feature.
Information explaining the Roth after-tax
contribution feature is provided in the employee
enrollment booklet. The enrollment form allows
participants to enter the percentage split between
their Roth and traditional pre-tax salary deferral
contribution election.
The following chart is an overview of the Roth,
the traditional 401(k), and the Roth IRA. If you
have any questions, please contact your financial
professional or your client services representative
at 866-816-0561.
3. hile Roth contributions are eligible for employer
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matching contributions as well as Safe Harbor
match, this match contribution must be credited
to a pre-tax account and cannot be credited to
the Roth account.
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3) Overview of the Roth 401(k) Salary Deferral Option
Contributions Funded with pre-tax dollars
2016 Contribution $18,000
Limits ($24,000 if age 50 or older)
Income Limits N/A
Traditional with
Roth 401(k) Salary
Deferral Option
Roth IRA
Funded with after-tax dollars
Funded with after-tax dollars
$18,000
($24,000 if age 50 or older)
The combination of Roth
and traditional 401(k)
deferrals cannot exceed
the 402(g) deferral limit.
$5,500 ($6,500 if age
50 or older)
Individuals who make a
contribution, not to exceed
the annual limits, must have
compensation equal to
amount contributed.
N/A
Traditional 401(k)
Salary Deferral Option
Deductible contributions are
not available for those with
income over certain limits.*
* Married AGI $194,000
Single AGI $132,000
Matching Contributions Allowed
Allowed. The Employer Match N/A
is a pre-tax contribution.
Subject to ADP testing Yes, unless plan is Safe
Harbor 401(k).
Yes, unless plan is
Safe Harbor 401(k).
Taxation on Earnings Tax-deferred until distributed Tax-free earnings if
Qualified Distribution
Tax Implications Contributions are deducted
from income. Distributions
are included in income.
Withdrawals of contributions
and earnings not taxed if:
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Tax-free if Qualified
Distribution
Contributions are included
in income.
Qualified Distributions are
not included in income.
1) ayments on or after age
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1) ayments on or after
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59½, death, disability or
age 59½, death or
qualify as first time home
disability AND
buyer. AND
2) Payments made after initial
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5 year period following first 2) ayments made after initial
5 year period following first
Roth 401(k) contribution
Roth IRA contribution.
“Qualified Distributions” N/A
Access to Money
Contributions are included
in income.
Qualified Distributions are
not included in income.
N/A
Terminate Employment
Disabled
Death
Age 59½ (if plan provides)
Minimum Required Required to be made to the
Distribution participant upon the later of
age 70½ or retirement
and to a beneficiary upon
the death of the participant.
Availability for Rollovers Can be rolled over into
another qualified plan
or a traditional IRA.
Terminate Employment
Disabled
Death
Age 59½ (if plan provides)
You always have access to
your Roth IRA.
Required to be made to the
participant upon the later of
age 70½ or retirement and to
a beneficiary upon the death
of the participant. However,
a Roth 401(k) can be rolled
over to a Roth IRA where
minimum distribution rules
may not apply to distributions
made prior to death.
N/A prior to death
of policyholder. Applicable
to the beneficiary upon the
death of the policyholder.
Can be rolled over into
another Roth 401(k)
or a Roth IRA.
Can be rolled into another
Roth IRA. Generally,
traditional IRAs may be rolled
into a Roth IRA if income is
below certain limits, although
a traditional IRA to a Roth
IRA rollover is taxable.
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4) Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. of New York
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. of New York
Retirement Plans Division
1350 Broadway, Suite 2201
New York, NY 10018
800-923-2732
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