29 CFR § 549.3 Requirements of a “Bona Fide Profit-Sharing Plan or Trust”

§ 549.3 Distinction between plan and trust.

Current through Sep 30, 2026 · Read all of Part 549

As used in this part:

(a) Profit-sharing plan means any such program or arrangement as qualifies hereunder which provides for the distribution by the employer to his employees of their respective shares of profits;

(b) Profit-sharing trust means any such program or arrangement as qualifies under this part which provides for the irrevocable deposit by the employer of his employees' distributive shares of profits with a trustee for deferred distribution to such employees of their respective shares.

← § 549.2 Disqualifying provisions.