Code of Federal Regulations Title 29. Labor § 29.4044.55 XRA when a participant must retire to receive a benefit

(1) The amount of the participant's monthly benefit payable at unreduced retirement age in the normal form payable under the terms of the plan or in the form validly elected by the participant before the termination date;

(2) The calendar year in which the participant reaches unreduced retirement age (“URA”);

(3) The participant's URA;  and

(4) The participant's earliest retirement age at the valuation date.

(1) The plan administrator shall determine whether a participant is in the high, medium or low retirement rate category using the applicable Selection of Retirement Rate Category Table in appendix D, based on the participant's benefit determined under paragraph (b)(1) of this section and the year in which the participant reaches URA.

(2) Based on the retirement rate category determined under paragraph (c)(1), the plan administrator shall determine the XRA from Table II–A, II–B or II–C, as appropriate, by using the participant's URA and earliest retirement age at valuation date.