CFR > Title 29 - Labor > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Labor > CHAPTER XL—PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION (parts 4000 to 4907) > SUBCHAPTER E—PLAN TERMINATIONS (parts 4041 to 4050) > PART 4044—ALLOCATION OF ASSETS IN SINGLE-EMPLOYER PLANS > SUBPART B—Valuation of Benefits and Assets (§4044.41 to §4044.75) > 4044.41—General valuation rules.

4044.41—General valuation rules.

(a) Valuation of benefits— (1) Trusteed plans. The plan administrator of a plan that has been or will be placed into trusteeship by the PBGC shall value plan benefits in accordance with §§ 4044.51 through 4044.57.
(2) Non-trusteed plans. The plan administrator of a non-trusteed plan shall value plan benefits in accordance with §§ 4044.71 through 4044.75. If a plan with respect to which PBGC has issued a Notice of Sufficiency is unable to satisfy all benefits assigned to priority categories 1 through 4 on the distribution date, the PBGC will place it into trusteeship and the plan administrator shall re-value the benefits in accordance with §§ 4044.51 through 4044.57. (See Note at beginning of part 4044.)
(b) Valuation of assets. Plan assets shall be valued at their fair market value, based on the method of valuation that most accurately reflects such fair market value.

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Effective Date Note: At 76 FR 34606, June 14, 2011, § 4044.41(a)(2) was amended by removing from the second sentence the words “with respect to which PBGC has issued a Notice of Sufficiency” and removing from the end the parenthetical “(See Note at beginning of part 4044.)”, effective July 14, 2011.