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January 30, 2026
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Cash Balance Account - Qualified??

  • January 30, 2026
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I recently retired and started receiving distributions from a Cash Balance account.  It was an annuity purchased by a previous employer.  I did not contribute to it - it's my pension.  Is it considered Qualified of Non-Qualified?

    Best answer by AmyC

    It is usually qualified so let me ask you to check a few boxes to be sure.

    Look at box 1 and box 2, in a qualified plan, they will match. Box 5 should be zero since you had no employee contributions

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    AmyC
    AmyCAnswer
    Level 15
    January 30, 2026

    It is usually qualified so let me ask you to check a few boxes to be sure.

    Look at box 1 and box 2, in a qualified plan, they will match. Box 5 should be zero since you had no employee contributions

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    Level 2
    January 30, 2026

    That was very helpful - Thank you so much!