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In the United States, a 403(b) plan is a U.S. tax-advantaged retirement savings plan available for public education organizations, some non-profit employers (only Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) organizations), cooperative hospital service organizations, and self-employed ministers in the United States. [1]
The IRS Internal Revenue Manual is the official source of instructions to IRS personnel relating to the organization, administration and operation of the IRS. The IRM contains directions IRS employees need to carry out their responsibilities in administering IRS obligations, such as detailed procedures for processing and examining tax returns.
The IRS defines strict requirements a plan must meet in order to receive favorable tax treatment, including: A plan must offer life annuities in the form of a Single Life Annuity (SLA) and a Qualified Joint & Survivor Annuity (QJSA). A plan must maintain sufficient funding levels. A plan must be administered according to the plan document.
Named after the section of the IRS code that governs it, the 403(b) plan allows eligible employees to make contributions to a tax-advantaged retirement account.
A 403(b) plan allows you to save on a tax-advantaged basis, deferring taxes on your income and any investment earnings or enjoying a tax-free benefit, depending on which plan you select.
If a taxpayer changes their definition of qualified expenditures due to the results of an audit, tax court case ruling, or publication of an IRS document, the tax payer must accordingly change their definition for prior years that will affect the results of one of the three calculation methods.
The Act also provided that the IRS cannot seize a personal residence to satisfy a liability of $5,000 or less. The Act provides for changes in the due process rights afforded to taxpayers after the filing of a notice of Federal tax lien. The IRS was also required by the Act to follow certain guidelines in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
If the taxpayer wants to change a tax accounting method, section 446 of the Internal Revenue Code requires the taxpayer to obtain the consent of the Internal Revenue Service. There are two kinds of changes: obtaining a letter of approval from the IRS, and obtaining a series of more routine changes, each of which is an automatic change.