HCEs
Coverage

Controlled groups
QSLOBs
Substantiation Rules
100

The rule that examines last year's compensation

What is the lookback rule?

100

Name of the most popular coverage test

What is ratio percentage test?

100

The name of a typical ownership structure

What is parent-sub?
100

Minimum number of employees to maintain a SLOB

What is 50?

100

Name of testing method performed on one specific day each year

What is snapshot testing?

200

The ownership threshold that makes you an HCE

What is 5%? 

200

Minimum % needed to pass ratio test

What is 70%?

200

The rule that imputes ownership by immediate relatives

What is attribution?

200

Name of the form needed to file with the IRS

What is a Form 5310-A

200

Frequency of testing where there are no significant changes

What is every three years?

300

An election that can narrow the group of HCEs

What is a top paid group election? 

300

A plan that only covers non-HCEs

What is a plan that automatically passes?

300

Ownership percentage that is considered related under ERISA

What is 80%?

300

Name of the approval document requested from the IRS

What is a determination letter? 

300

The rule that allows a reliable substitute of precise data

What is best available data? 

400

The dollar amount for determining an HCE in 2026

What is $160,000?

400

Coverage test you want to avoid

What is the average benefit percentage test?

400
Code section with controlled group rules

What is 414(b) & (c)?

400

Name of the test a QSLOB must pass

What is the gateway test (or nondiscriminatory classification)?

400

Substantiation guidelines are inapplicable to this test

What is the ADP/ACP test?

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