What is a Safe Harbor Plan?
A Safe Harbor retirement plan is a type of employer-sponsored plan that meets certain IRS requirements.
The key feature for participants:
Employer contributions are immediately 100% vested.
This means you fully own employer contributions as soon as they are deposited into your account.
Safe Harbor contributions may include:
- Matching contributions (based on what you contribute), or
- Non-elective contributions (made for all eligible employees, even if they don’t contribute).