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Is Your Company Part of a Controlled Group? You Need to Know or Risk 401(k) Plan Disqualification

By: Eric Droblyen

May 26th 2021

IRS controlled group rules often obligate 2 or more employers with common ownership to cover their employees with the same 401k plan in order to pass annual nondiscrimination testing.