Department of Human Services

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Exempt Resources

Revised: 

15.6

PENSION FUNDS

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Retirement accounts established under Section 401(a), 403(b), 408, 408A, 457(b), and 501(c)(18) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the value of funds in a Federal Thrift Savings Plan account (Section 8439, Title 5, USC) are excluded as a resource.  

 

A nonexclusive list of types of retirement savings and pension plans are excluded includes:

 

·        Pension or traditional defined-benefit plan [Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code]

·        401(k) plans [Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code]

·        SIMPLE 401 (k) [Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code]

·        Section 501(c)(18) plans (retirement plans for union members consisting of employee contributions to certain trusts that must have been established before June 1959)

·        403 (b) plan under the Internal Revenue Code

·        457 plan under the Internal Revenue Code

·        Federal Employee Thrift Savings plan [Section 8439 of Title 5 of the US Code]

·        Keogh plan [Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code]

·        Individual Retirement Account (IRA) [Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code]

·        Roth IRA [Section 408(A) of the Internal Revenue Code ]

·        SIMPLE IRA [Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code ]

·        Simplified Employer Plan [Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code ]

·        Profit Sharing Plan [Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code ]

·        Cash Balance Plans [Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code ]

 

Glossary of Terms

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