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Jilliandiz
Profit Sharing Plan has a 2 year waiting period....if the plan is top heavy does an ineligible participant become eligible in the first year???
Tom Poje
top heavy only goes to those eligible for the plan as a whole, if plan contains a 401(k) and the people you refer to are eligible for that, then yes, you would have to provide them a top heavy.
Jilliandiz
Its only a profit sharing plan...hire date 11/11/02, 2 year service would bring the ee in at 1/1/05..if the plan is TH in 2004, does the ee get TH contribution in 2004?
Blinky the 3-eyed Fish
Your can hang your hat on the fact that if an employee is not a participant in the plan they do not receive a contribution, ever. If the plan is only a profit sharing plan, i.e., it does not have a 401(k) feature which would require 1 YOS eligibility for that piece, then this person is not a participant and receives nothing.
Tom Poje
lets reexamine this one, and depending on your document what eligibility is you may have an unintended situation

ee hired 11/11/02 assuming he is full time the following could occur

11/11/02 - 11/11/03 ee gets credit for one year of service.

if document says plan switches from anniverarry date to plan year for determining service then

1/1/03 - 12/31/03 ee gets credit for one year of service.

Therefore ee has '2 years' and enters 1/1/04, so instead of being ineligible, ee is actually eligible.

yes, that doesn't seem fair, but you have to be careful when you require 2 years of service.
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