The average contributions of highly ..... employees cannot exceed the average contributions of other employees by more than about 2 percent; if the HCEs exceed this threshold, the 401k plan could lose its tax-qualified status and all contributions and earnings would have to be distributed to all plan participants.

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The average contributions of highly ..... employees cannot exceed the average contributions of other employees by more than about 2 percent; if the HCEs exceed this threshold, the 401k plan could lose its tax-qualified status and all contributions and earnings would have to be distributed to all plan participants. (*) coddled (*) compensated (*) competent (*) considered

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