[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 5]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 26CFR1.414(c)-1]

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                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
DEFERRED COMPENSATION, ETC.--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.414(c)-1  Commonly controlled trades or businesses.

    For purposes of applying the provisions of sections 401 (relating to 
qualified pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans), 408(k) 
(relating to simplified employee pensions), 410 (relating to minimum 
participation standards), 411 (relating to minimum vesting standards), 
415 (relating to limitations on benefits and contributions under 
qualified plans), and 416 (relating to

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top-heavy plans), all employees of two or more trades or businesses 
under common control within the meaning of Sec. 1.414(c)-2 for any 
period shall be treated as employed by a single employer. See sections 
401, 408(k), 410, 411, 415, and 416 and the regulations thereunder for 
rules relating to employees of trades or businesses which are under 
common control. See Sec. 1.414(c)-5 for effective date.

[T.D. 8179, 53 FR 6606, Mar. 2, 1988]