Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/06/15/04-13486/required-interest-rate-assumption-for-determining-variable-rate-premium-interest-assumptions-for
Timestamp: 2018-09-20 03:02:49
Document Index: 623786704

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 4006', 'art 4281', '§\u20094006', 'art 4006', 'art 4281', 'art 4044', 'art 4044', 'art 4044', 'art 4044']

A Notice by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on 06/15/2004
The required interest rate for determining the variable-rate premium under part 4006 applies to premium payment years beginning in June 2004. The interest assumptions for performing multiemployer plan valuations following mass withdrawal under part 4281 apply to valuation dates occurring in July 2004.
69 FR 33429
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Section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii)(II) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and § 4006.4(b)(1) of the PBGC's regulation on Premium Rates (29 CFR part 4006) prescribe use of an assumed interest rate (the “required interest rate”) in determining a single-employer plan's variable-rate premium. Pursuant to the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004, for premium payment years beginning in 2004 or 2005, the required interest rate is the “applicable percentage” (currently 85 percent) of the annual rate of interest determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on amounts invested conservatively in long-term investment grade corporate bonds for the month preceding the beginning of the plan year for which premiums are being paid. Thus, the required interest rate to be used in determining variable-rate premiums for premium payment years beginning in June 2004 is 5.26 percent (i.e., 85 percent of the 6.19 percent composite corporate bond rate for May 2004 as determined by the Treasury).
The following table lists the required interest rates to be used in determining variable-rate premiums for premium payment years beginning between July 2003 and June 2004. Note that the required interest rates for premium payment years beginning in July through December 2003 were determined under the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, and that the required interest rates for premium payment years beginning in January through June 2004 were determined under the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004.
July 2003* 4.37
August 2003* 4.93
September 2003* 5.31
October 2003* 5.14
November 2003* 5.16
December 2003* 5.12
January 2004** 4.94
February 2004** 4.83
March 2004** 4.79
April 2004** 4.62
May 2004** 4.98
June 2004** 5.26
* The required interest rates for premium payment years beginning in July through December 2003 were determined under the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002.
** The required interest rates for premium payment years beginning in January through June 2004 were determined under the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004.
The PBGC's regulation on Duties of Plan Sponsor Following Mass Withdrawal (29 CFR part 4281) prescribes the use of interest assumptions under the PBGC's regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans (29 CFR part 4044). The interest assumptions applicable to valuation dates in July 2004 under part 4044 are contained in an amendment to part 4044 published elsewhere in today's Federal Register. Tables showing the assumptions applicable to prior periods are codified in appendix B to 29 CFR part 4044.
Issued in Washington, DC, on this 9th day of June, 2004.
[FR Doc. 04-13486 Filed 6-14-04; 8:45 am]