Section 457 Eligible Government Plans

• § 4.01 Overview of Taxation of Plan Participants
• —–[1] Benefits Taxable When Received
• —–[2] Penalty on Premature Distributions
• —–[3] Transfers to IRAs or Other Plans
• —–[4] Borrowing from the Plan
• —–[5] Income Tax Withholding
• —–[6] Community Property Interest
• —–[7] Exempt Charitable Organization as Plan Beneficiary

• § 4.02 Date Retirement Payments Begin Under a Plan
• —–[1] Earliest Date Retirement Payments May Begin
• —–[2] Penalty on Early Distribution of Amounts Rolled Over from Plans or IRAs
• —–[3] Latest Date Retirement Benefits May Begin

• § 4.03 Taxation of Plan Distributions

• § 4.04 Plan Loans to Retirees or Beneficiaries
• —–[1] Tax Law Treatment of Plan Loans
• —–[2] Qualified Residential Loans
• —–[3] Qualified 5-Year Term Loans
• —–[4] Multiple Plan Loans and Refinancing of Plan Loans
• —–[5] When a Plan Loan Becomes a Deemed Distribution
• —–[6] Tax Treatment of the Repayment of Plan Loans
• —–[7] Loan Offsets and Rollovers
• —–[8] Refinancing to Cure a Default on a Five-Year Qualified Loan
• —–[9] Plan Loans as Alternatives to Loans from Outside Lenders

• § 4.05 Nontaxable Transfers or Rollovers to a Different Plan or IRA
• —–[1] Transfers to Avoid Tax on Distribution
• —–[2] Methods of Transferring Plan Funds to an IRA
• —–[3] Requirements for an Indirect Rollover to an IRA
• —–[4] No Rollovers for Certain Types of Distributions
• —–[5] Rollover to IRAs of Distributions that Include Property Other than Cash
• —–[6] Rollovers by Surviving Spouses
• —–[7] Rollovers to IRAs by Nonspouse Beneficiaries
• —–[8] Rollovers from a 457 Government Plan to a Qualified Plan
• ———-[a] Potential Benefits of a Rollover from a 457 Government Plan to a Qualified Plan
• ———-[b] Methods for Rolling Over Funds from a 457 Government Plan to a Qualified Plan
• ———-[c] Other Aspects of Rollovers from 457 Government Plans to Qualified Plans

• § 4.06 Plan Distributions After Divorce or Separation (QDROs)
• —–[1] Divorce Settlements and QDROs
• —–[2] Taxation of QDROs
• —–[3] Rollovers by Divorced Spouse

• § 4.07 Applicability of State Community Property Laws

• § 4.08 Exempt Charitable Organization as a Plan Beneficiary

• § 4.09 Tax-Free Restorative Contributions

• § 4.10 Plan Participants Who Are Independent Contractors
• —–[1] Identification of Qualifying Independent Contractors
• —–[2] Separation from Service for an Independent Contractor
• —–[3] Rollovers Likely Not Available for Independent Contractors

• § 4.11 Retiree Contributions of Sick, Vacation, and Back Pay

• § 4.12 Transfers to Buy Service Credits or Repay Contributions

• § 4.13 Exemption from Forfeiture in Bankruptcy

• § 4.14 Enhancement of an Annuity Contract on Demutualization of the Issuer

• § 4.15 Plan Terminations and Conversions

• § 4.16 Tax Withholding from Plan Distributions
• —–[1] Tax Withholding from Eligible Rollover Distributions
• —–[2] Periodic Payments that are not Eligible Rollover Distribution
• —–[3] Nonperiodic Payments that Are Not Eligible Rollover Distributions
• —–[4] Withholding of Social Security Taxes

• § 4.17 Tax on Net Investment Income Not Applicable

• § 4.18 Absence of Certain Stringent Requirements Applicable to Most Qualified Plans

• § 4.19 Estate or Gift Tax Imposed on Plan Benefits

• § 4.20 Section 457 Government Plans Compared to 401(k) Plans
• —–[1] Comparison of Contributions and Distributions for 401(k) and 457 Government Plans
• ———-[a] Statutory Limitations on Contributions to 457 Government Plans and Other Plans
• ———-[b] Separate Limitations on Deferrals in 457 Government Plans
• ———-[c] Potential Doubling Up of QECs to a 457 Government Plan and 403(b) Plan
• —–[2] Independent Contractors May Participate in 457 Government Plans
• —–[3] Earliest Date Distributions May Begin
• ———-[a] Plan Funds Subject to Constraints on Commencement Distributions
• ———-[b] Commencement of Distributions upon Disability
• ———-[c] Severance from Employment by an Independent Contractor
• ———-[d] Severance Due to a Reservist’s Call to Active Duty
• ———-[e] Unforeseeable Emergencies
• —–[4] The Ten-Percent Penalty on Premature Distributions
• —–[5] Rollovers to and from Other Plans
• —–[6] Many Other 401(k) Plan Rules Do Not Apply to 457 Government Plans
• ———-[a] Vesting Schedules and Forfeitures
• ———-[b] Mandatory Commencement Distributions
• ———-[c] Spousal Annuity Requirements
• ———-[d] Assignment or Alienation
• ———-[e] Inclusion of Optional Provisions
• —–[7] Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs)
• —–[8] Applicability of State Community Property Laws
• —–[9] Lump-Sum Distributions for Participants Born Before 1936
• —–[10] Designated Roth Accounts of 457 Government Plans
• —–[11] Section 457 Plans vs. 401(k) Plans

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