A firm pays its 401k participants a combined $22,000,000 in salary/compensation in 2019. What is the maximum amount of 401k matching contributions the firm can make in 2019?
$22,000,000 |
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$25,000 |
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$11,000,000 |
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$5,500,000 |
The maximum of total contributions (employee+employer) to a 401(k) in 2019 | ||||||||
is $56000 or 100% of the salary depending on whichever is less. | ||||||||
The maximum contribution of each employee to the 401(k) is $19000. | ||||||||
Lets assume that each employee has an average salary of $100000. | ||||||||
The employee can contribute $19000, and the employer can contribute | ||||||||
$37000 per employee. | ||||||||
If there are 220 employees, and the employer contributes $37000 per employee. | ||||||||
Then the total contribution from the employer will be $8140000. | ||||||||
The maximum amount of 401(k) matching contributions the firm can make in 2019 is: | ||||||||
$5500000. |
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