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Part I
Section 401. -- Qualified Pension, Profit-Sharing, and Stock Bonus Plans
26 CFR 1.401(l)-1: Permitted disparity in employer-provided contributions or
benefits
Rev. Rul. 2020-2
This revenue ruling provides tables of covered compensation under
§ 401(l)(5)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code and the Income Tax
Regulations thereunder, for the 2020 plan year.
Section 401(l)(5)(E)(i) defines covered compensation with respect to an
employee as the average of the contribution and benefit bases in effect under
section 230 of the Social Security Act (the “Act”) for each year in the 35-year
period ending with the year in which the employee attains social security
retirement age.
Section 401(l)(5)(E)(ii) states that the determination for any year preceding the
year in which the employee attains social security retirement age shall be
made by assuming that there is no increase in covered compensation after the
determination year and before the employee attains social security retirement
age.
Section 1.401(l)-1(c)(34) of the Income Tax Regulations defines the taxable
wage base as the contribution and benefit base under section 230 of the Act.
Section 1.401(l)-1(c)(7)(i) defines covered compensation for an employee as the
average (without indexing) of the taxable wage bases in effect for each calendar
year during the 35-year period ending with the last day of the calendar year in
which the employee attains (or will attain) social security retirement age. A
35-year period is used for all individuals regardless of the year of birth of the
individual. In determining an employee's covered compensation for a plan year,
the taxable wage base for all calendar years beginning after the first day of the
plan year is assumed to be the same as the taxable wage base in effect as of the
beginning of the plan year. An employee's covered compensation for a plan year
beginning after the 35-year period applicable under § 1.401(l)-1(c)(7)(i) is the
employee's covered compensation for a plan year during which the 35-year
period ends. An employee's covered compensation for a plan year beginning
before the 35-year period applicable under § 1.401(l)-1(c)(7)(i) is the taxable
wage base in effect as of the beginning of the plan year.

Section 1.401(l)-1(c)(7)(ii) provides that, for purposes of determining the amount
of an employee's covered compensation under § 1.401(l)-1(c)(7)(i), a plan may
use tables, provided by the Commissioner, that are developed by rounding the
actual amounts of covered compensation for different years of birth.
For purposes of determining covered compensation for the 2020 year, the
taxable wage base is $137,700.

The following tables provide covered compensation for 2020.

ATTACHMENT I

2020 COVERED COMPENSATION TABLE

CALENDAR
CALENDAR YEAR OF 2020 COVERED
YEAR OF
SOCIAL SECURITY COMPENSATION
BIRTH
RETIREMENT AGE TABLE II

1907 1972 $ 4,488
1908 1973 4,704
1909 1974 5,004
1910 1975 5,316
1911 1976 5,664
1912 1977 6,060
1913 1978 6,480
1914 1979 7,044
1915 1980 7,692
1916 1981 8,460
1917 1982 9,300
1918 1983 10,236
1919 1984 11,232
1920 1985 12,276
1921 1986 13,368
1922 1987 14,520
1923 1988 15,708
1924 1989 16,968
1925 1990 18,312
1926 1991 19,728
1927 1992 21,192
1928 1993 22,716
1929 1994 24,312
1930 1995 25,920
1931 1996 27,576

ATTACHMENT I

2020 COVERED COMPENSATION TABLE

CALENDAR
CALENDAR YEAR OF 2020 COVERED
YEAR OF
SOCIAL SECURITY COMPENSATION
BIRTH
RETIREMENT AGE TABLE II

1932 1997 29,304
1933 1998 31,128
1934 1999 33,060
1935 2000 35,100
1936 2001 37,212
1937 2002 39,444
1938 2004 43,992
1939 2005 46,344
1940 2006 48,816
1941 2007 51,348
1942 2008 53,952
1943 2009 56,628
1944 2010 59,268
1945 2011 61,884
1946 2012 64,560
1947 2013 67,308
1948 2014 69,996
1949 2015 72,636
1950 2016 75,180
1951 2017 77,880
1952 2018 80,532
1953 2019 83,244
1954 2020 86,052
1955 2022 91,464
1956 2023 94,116
1957 2024 96,684
1958 2025 99,144
1959 2026 101,556
1960 2027 103,908
1961 2028 106,200
1962 2029 108,396
1963 2030 110,580
1964 2031 112,728
1965 2032 114,792
1966 2033 116,772

ATTACHMENT I

2020 COVERED COMPENSATION TABLE

CALENDAR
CALENDAR YEAR OF 2020 COVERED
YEAR OF
SOCIAL SECURITY COMPENSATION
BIRTH
RETIREMENT AGE TABLE II

1967 2034 118,632
1968 2035 120,384
1969 2036 122,028
1970 2037 123,540
1971 2038 124,980
1972 2039 126,408
1973 2040 127,764
1974 2041 129,012
1975 2042 130,164
1976 2043 131,184
1977 2044 132,060
1978 2045 132,948
1979 2046 133,824
1980 2047 134,616
1981 2048 135,300
1982 2049 135,900
1983 2050 136,440
1984 2051 136,992
1985 2052 137,292
1986 2053 137,556
1987 and Later 2054 and Later 137,700

ATTACHMENT II

2020 ROUNDED COVERED COMPENSATION TABLE

CALENDAR

2020 COVERED
YEAR OF

COMPENSATION
BIRTH

ROUNDED

1937

$ 39,000
1938 – 1939

45,000
1940

48,000
1941

51,000
1942

54,000
1943

57,000
1944

60,000
1945

63,000
1946 – 1947

66,000
1948

69,000
1949

72,000
1950

75,000
1951

78,000
1952

81,000
1953 84,000
1954

87,000
1955

90,000
1956 93,000
1957

96,000
1958

99,000
1959

102,000
1960 – 1961 105,000
1962

108,000
1963

111,000
1964 – 1965

114,000
1966

117,000
1967 – 1968

120,000
1969 – 1970

123,000
1971 – 1972 126,000
1973 – 1975 129,000
1976 – 1978 132,000
1979 – 1982 135,000
1983 and Later 137,700

DRAFTING INFORMATION

The principal author of this notice is Tom Morgan of the Office of the Associate
Chief Counsel (Employee Benefits, Exempt Organizations, and Employment
Taxes). However, other personnel from the IRS participated in the development
of this guidance. For further information regarding this notice, contact Mr.
Morgan at 202-317-6700 or Gregory K. Davis at 443-853-5590 (not toll-free
numbers).