29 C.F.R. § 549.3 Distinction between plan and trust.
Title 29 - Labor
As used in this part: (a) Profit-sharing plan means any such program or arrangement as qualifies hereunder which provides for the distribution by the employer to his employees of their respective shares of profits; (b) Profit-sharing trust means any such program or arrangement as qualifies under this part which provides for the irrevocable deposit by the employer of his employees' distributive shares of profits with a trustee for deferred distribution to such employees of their respective shares.
Title 29: Labor
PART 549—REQUIREMENTS OF A “BONA FIDE PROFIT-SHARING PLAN OR TRUST”
§ 549.3 Distinction between plan and trust.