Cash balance plan. The IRS accepts cash balance plans as qualified retirement plans, which are a subset of defined benefit plans.
A "hybrid" plan, also referred to as an IRS-qualified retirement plan, is a Cash Balance plan. Each participant's account in a Cash Balance plan grows annually in two ways: first, through an employer contribution, and second, through an interest credit that is guaranteed rather than reliant on the performance of the plan's investments.
The guaranteed annual interest credit is not reliant on the success of the plan's investments. For smaller plans, the interest credit typically has a fixed rate of return of 4%, whereas for some larger plans, an actual rate of return (ARR) may be more appropriate. Participants are entitled to receive the vested portion of their account balance when their employment ends.
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