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Designated Roth Accounts Under Section 402A; Correction

---
identifier: "/us/fr/E7-10802"
source: "fr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "Designated Roth Accounts Under Section 402A; Correction"
title_number: 0
title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "E7-10802"
section_name: "Designated Roth Accounts Under Section 402A; Correction"
positive_law: false
currency: "2007-06-05"
last_updated: "2007-06-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Treasury Department"
document_number: "E7-10802"
document_type: "rule"
publication_date: "2007-06-05"
agencies:
  - "Treasury Department"
  - "Internal Revenue Service"
cfr_references:
  - "26 CFR Part 1"
rin: "1545-BF04"
fr_citation: "72 FR 30974"
fr_volume: 72
docket_ids:
  - "TD 9324"
effective_date: "2007-06-05"
fr_action: "Correcting amendments."
---

#  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements with respect to designated Roth accounts.

**AGENCY:**

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

**ACTION:**

Correcting amendments.

**SUMMARY:**

This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 9324) that were published in the *Federal Register* on Monday, April 30, 2007 (72 FR 21103) providing guidance concerning the taxation of distributions from designated Roth accounts under qualified cash or deferred arrangments under section 401(k).

**DATES:**

The correction is effective June 5, 2007.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

R. Lisa Mojiri-Azad or William D. Gibbs at 202-622-6060, or Cathy A. Vohs, 202-622-6090 (not toll-free numbers).

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

**Background**

The final regulations that are the subject of this correction are under sections 401(k), 402(g), 402A, and 408A of the Internal Revenue Code.

**Need for Correction**

As published, final regulations (TD 9324) contain errors that may prove to be misleading and are in need of clarification.

**List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1**

Income taxes, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

**26 CFR Part 1**

**Correction of Publication**

Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is corrected by making the following correcting amendments:

**PART 1—INCOME TAXES**

*Paragraph 1.* The authority citation for part 1 continues to read in part as follows:

**Authority:**

26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *

**26 CFR Part 1**

*Par. 2.* Section 1.402A-1 is amended by revising the first sentence of *Example.* of A-8.(b) to read as follows:

§ 1.402A-1

A-8. * * *

(b) * * *

**Example.**

The facts are the same as in the *Example* in A-7 of this section, except that instead of being disabled, Employee C is receiving a hardship distribution. * * *

**26 CFR Part 1**

*Par. 3.* Section 1.402A-2 is amended by revising paragraph (2) of A-2.(a) to read as follows:

§ 1.402A-2

A-2. * * *

(a) * * *

(2) If the distribution is not a direct rollover to a designated Roth account under another plan, the plan administrator or responsible party must provide to the employee, upon request, the same information described in paragraph (a)(1) of this A-2, except the statement need not indicate the first year of the 5-taxable-year period described in A-1 of this section.

LaNita Van Dyke,

Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch,  Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel  (Procedure and Administration).