(a) Treatment for purposes of IRC § 414(h).--The contributions to the trust required to be made under section 8404(a) (relating to participant contributions) with respect to school service rendered by an active participant shall be picked up by the employer and shall be treated as the employer's contribution for purposes of IRC § 414(h). After the effective date of this section, an employer employing a participant in the plan shall pick up the required mandatory participant contributions by a reduction in the compensation of the participant.
(b) Treatment for other purposes.--For all other purposes under this part and otherwise, mandatory pickup participant contributions shall be treated as contributions made by a participant in the same manner and to the same extent as if the contributions were made directly by the participant and not picked up.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 84 - School Employees' Defined Contribution Plan
Section 8403 - Individual investment accounts
Section 8404 - Participant contributions
Section 8405 - Mandatory pickup participant contributions
Section 8406 - Employer defined contributions
Section 8407 - Eligibility for benefits
Section 8410 - Termination of distributions
Section 8411 - Powers and duties of board
Section 8412 - Responsibility for investment loss
Section 8413 - Investments based on participant's investment allocation choices