Compliance November 30, 2010
IRS Offers Additional 409A Relief
The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2010-80 providing
additional relief for nonqualified deferred compensation plans covered
under § 409A.
Reported by Rebecca Moore
The guidance expands the types of plans eligible for relief under Notice 2010-6, provides an additional method of correction and transition relief under Notice 2010-6 (see IRS Explains How to Fix 409A Document Woes) for certain plan document failures relating to payments at separation from service, and modifies the correction reporting requirements in Notice 2008-113 and Notice 2010-6.
Specifically, the notice:
- Clarifies that the types of plans eligible for relief under Notice 2010-6 include a nonqualified plan linked to a qualified plan or another nonqualified plan, provided that the linkage does not affect the time and form of payments under the plans;
- Expands the types of plans eligible for relief under Notice 2010-6 to include certain stock rights that were intended to comply with the requirements of § 409A(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (rather than be exempt from the requirements of § 409A(a));
- Provides an additional method of correction under Notice 2010-6 for certain failures involving payments at separation from service subject to the requirement to submit a release of claims or similar document; and provides transition relief permitting the correction of such failures that were in effect on or before December 31, 2010 (including relief from the service provider information reporting requirements);
- Provides relief from the service provider information reporting requirements under Notice 2010-6 for corrections made under the transition relief ending December 31, 2010; and
- Provides relief from the requirement that service recipients provide certain information to service providers under Notice 2008-113 for corrections made in the same taxable year as the failure occurs.
Notice 2010-80 is here.
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