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API reference v1

Account types

Emergency Savings — PLESAgated

SECURE 2.0 § 127; I.R.C. § 402A(e); ERISA §§ 801-804. NHCE only; $2,500 cap

On this pageOverview Authority Parameters Example Eligible assets Rules

Slug	`emergency-savings-plesa`
Nature	`PlanHolding` — Assets held in trust under a plan. A named trustee is required.
Contributions	`Nondeductible`
Earnings	`TaxFreeIfQualified`
Contribution year	`PlanYear`
Status	gated
Legacy code	`ESP` — ISCP import and statement templates only. Not identity, and not accepted by the API.

Required authority

An institution may open this account only if it satisfies every requirement group below. Within a group, any one authority suffices. Across groups, all must be satisfied.

Group	Any one of
Group 1	`ErisaTrustee`
Group 2	`IrsNonbankCustodian` or `Bank` or `StateTrustCompany`

Resolve availability at runtime with GET https://api.a8core.io/v1/account-types. Never hard-code it.

Create Account parameters

POSThttps://api.a8core.io/v1/accountsoperation: CreateAccount

Name	Type		Description
ProviderReferenceId	string	optional	Your internal reference. Used as the idempotency key.
ClientId	Guid	required	The A8 Core™ Client ID that owns the account.
AccountTypeCode	string	required	Must be `emergency-savings-plesa`.
InstitutionId	Guid	required	The institution holding the assets.
TrusteeId	Guid	required	ERISA § 403(a): plan assets must be held in trust by a named trustee. Non-nullable.
PlanId	Guid	required	The sponsoring plan.
IsNonHighlyCompensated	bool	required	A PLESA is available only to non-highly-compensated employees.
InvestmentId	long	optional	Links the account to a sponsor investment.

Example

POST https://api.a8core.io/v1/accounts

"ProviderReferenceId": "acct-10293",
"ClientId": "8fa2c1e4-5b6d-4f3a-9c2e-7d1a2b3c4d5e",
"AccountTypeCode": "emergency-savings-plesa",
"InstitutionId": "b4c1e770-9d33-4a02-91ef-2c6a8b5d0f14",
"TrusteeId": "1f0c9a44-7e21-4b38-b0d6-3a5c8e2f9011",
"PlanId": "6d2b7e10-4c88-4a91-9f23-8b1e0c7d5a44",
"IsNonHighlyCompensated": true

200 OK

"RequestId": 1736472901835,
"Status": 1,
"AccountId": "3c7b1f90-2a44-4e21-8d6c-9b0e5a1f7c22"

Errors

ErrorCode	Meaning
InstitutionNotAuthorizedForAccountType	The institution does not hold every authority this type requires.
ClientNotFound	No client matches the supplied ClientId.

Eligible assets

The row below is the account-type dimension only. What this account may actually hold is the intersection of the account-type rule, the asset-class rule, any instrument predicates, and the institution’s authority asset scope.

●Permitted◐Conditional○Not permitted

Account family	Stocks & ETFs	Mutual funds	Bonds & fixed income	Cash & money market	Real estate	Private equity & venture	Private credit & notes	Precious metals	Digital assets	Stablecoins
Emergency Savings — PLESA	Not permitted	Not permitted	Not permitted	Permitted	Not permitted	Not permitted	Not permitted	Not permitted	Not permitted	Not permitted

SECURE 2.0 § 127 principal preservation

Rules that govern this type

A designated Roth account inside a defined contribution plan. It cannot exist standalone.
Available only to non-highly-compensated employees. Participant balance capped at $2,500, indexed, exclusive of earnings.
At least one withdrawal per calendar month; the first four withdrawals per year must be free of fees.
Principal preservation only.