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Many businesses find themselves short-staffed from Thanksgiving through December 31 as employees take time off to spend with family and friends. But if you limit how many vacation days employees can roll over to the new year, you might find your workplace a ghost town as workers scramble to use, rather than lose, their time off. A paid time off (PTO) contribution arrangement may be the solution.

How it works

" --- 1 min read # Avoid Year-End PTO Rush with a Contribution Arrangement [ Marketing ](https://www.baldwincpas.com/insights/author/marketing) 9/26/18 12:00 AM Many businesses find themselves short-staffed from Thanksgiving through December 31 as employees take time off to spend with family and friends. But if you limit how many vacation days employees can roll over to the new year, you might find your workplace a ghost town as workers scramble to use, rather than lose, their time off. A paid time off (PTO) contribution arrangement may be the solution. **How it works** A PTO contribution program allows employees with unused vacation hours to elect to convert them to retirement plan contributions. If the plan has a 401(k) feature, it can treat these amounts as a pretax benefit, similar to normal employee deferrals. Alternatively, the plan can treat the amounts as employer profit sharing, converting excess PTO amounts to employer contributions. A PTO contribution arrangement can be a better option than increasing the number of days employees can roll over. Why? Larger rollover limits can result in employees building up large balances that create a significant liability on your books. **Getting started** To offer a PTO contribution arrangement, simply amend your plan. However, you must still follow the plan document’s eligibility, vesting, rollover, distribution and loan terms. Additional rules apply. To learn more about PTO contribution arrangements, including their tax implications, please contact us at 1-866-287-9604. © 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) #### [Response to Employee Work Refusal](https://www.baldwincpas.com/insights/content/response-employee-work-refusal) [Marketing](https://www.baldwincpas.com/insights/author/marketing) : 4/24/20 12:00 AM In the past weeks, many employers have been forced to furlough or temporarily lay off employees due to disruption and downturn in the economy created... [Read More](https://www.baldwincpas.com/insights/content/response-employee-work-refusal) #### [Workers' Families Now Included in COVID Vaccine Tax Credit](https://www.baldwincpas.com/insights/content/workers-families-now-included-covid-vaccine-tax-credit) [Marketing](https://www.baldwincpas.com/insights/author/marketing) : 9/15/21 12:00 AM One of the key strategies deployed in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic is achieving a high vaccination rate. Previously, the IRS has offered tax... [Read More](https://www.baldwincpas.com/insights/content/workers-families-now-included-covid-vaccine-tax-credit) 1 min read #### [Enhance benefits’ perceived value with strong communication](https://www.baldwincpas.com/insights/content/enhance-benefits-perceived-value-strong-communication) [Marketing](https://www.baldwincpas.com/insights/author/marketing) : 4/26/17 12:00 AM Providing a strong package of benefits is a competitive imperative in today’s business world. Like many employers, you’ve probably worked hard to put... [Read More](https://www.baldwincpas.com/insights/content/enhance-benefits-perceived-value-strong-communication)