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Title: Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits Session 1 of 3


1
Retirement Planning and Employee BenefitsSession
1 of 3
  • Course Preview
  • Retirement Needs Analysis
  • Qualified Retirement Plans

2
Retirement Planning
  • Timely and Important
  • Concerns a wide range of clients
  • Requires expertise in many areas

3
Objectives of This Section
  • Understand the importance of setting goals
  • Know how to calculate income needs at retirement
  • Calculate future values and future income needs
  • Identify the most effective plan based on needs
  • Describe how to monitor the plan

4
Setting Retirement Goal
  • What lifestyle will the client choose?
  • Basic expenses
  • Medical issues
  • Travel
  • Relocating
  • Leaving a legacy

5
How Much Will I Need?
  • Wage Replacement Ratio
  • 70 - 80 of pre-retirement income
  • Budgeting
  • Estimating the actual money needed in retirement
    using current dollars

6
The Tates
  • Both currently age 35
  • Will retire at age 65
  • Life Expectancy Age 95
  • Current retirement savings - 50,000
  • Projected Social Security Benefit at age 65
    -18,000

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The Tates
  • Assume current living expenses total 52,234
  • Estimated retirement expenses will be 41,787
  • Add in additional annual 4,000 for travel
  • Total after tax need will be 45,787
  • If their effective tax rate is 14, divide
    45,787 by 0.86 (1 minus the tax rate (1-0.14
    .86) to arrive at their gross income need,
    53,241
  • Essentially this breaks down
  • 7,454 paid in taxes
  • 45,787 for the Tates to spend in retirement

8
Factoring Social Security
  • The Tates will require the equivalent of 53,241
    of income at retirement
  • Projected Social Security Benefits - 18,000
  • Reduces Income Need to 35,241
  • Social Security can also be ignored
  • Social Security Benefits are inflation adjusted

9
Adjusting Income Need for Inflation
  • Value of Retirement Need in Current Dollars -
    35,241
  • Assume inflation rate 3
  • Years to start of retirement 30
  • Calculate future dollar value of this need
  • PV (35,241)
  • N- 30
  • I .03
  • FV 85,539
  • For the first year of retirement, the Tates will
    need 85,539 plus their first year adjusted
    benefit from Social Security

10
Lump Sum Need at Retirement
  • Capital Utilization Method
  • All capital will be used up with nothing left at
    the end
  • Capital Preservation Method
  • A lump sum will be left at the end of retirement
  • Draw Down Method
  • Taking income of 3 - 4 per year
  • Commercial Annuity Method
  • Buy a stream of income from an insurance company

11
Lump Sum Need at Retirement
  • What amount of savings will be needed at
    retirement?
  • Calculated from the beginning to end of
    retirement
  • The annual payment (retirement income) must be
    increased each year by inflation. (Serial
    Payment)
  • Calculation of a Serial Payment involves merging
    the inflation assumption (3) with rate of return
    (8).
  • 1 Rate of Return/1 the Inflation Rate Minus 1 x
    100

1.08
- 1 X 100 4.8544
1.03
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Capital Utilization Method
  • PV Solving for
  • FV Zero
  • N 30
  • I 4.8544
  • PMT - 85,539 (Beg)
  • Solution - 1,401,959
  • Note the use of Begin mode for the payment.

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How Much to Save?
  • Goal at retirement - 1,401,959
  • Years to retirement 30
  • Current Savings 50,000
  • Calculation
  • PV (50,000)
  • FV 1,401,959
  • N 30
  • I 8
  • PMT Solving For

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Annual Savings Needed
  • Based on the calculation, the Tates will need to
    save 7,935 per year to reach their goal.

Q A
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Using Tax Advantaged Savings
  • Employer Based Retirement Plans
  • Qualified Plans
  • SEP-IRA, SIMPLE, 403(b), 457
  • Personally Owned Retirement Options
  • IRA
  • Roth-IRA

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Monitor the Plan
  • Re-visit the plan, at least annually
  • Investment returns
  • Savings levels
  • Changes in income
  • Tax law changes
  • Lifestyle changes
  • Medical issues

17
Other Issues
  • Medical Insurance
  • Annuity Payouts
  • Investment Considerations
  • Insurance Issues

18
Medical Insurance
  • Prior to age 65
  • Health insurance from an employer group plan or
    individually purchased insurance
  • After Age 65
  • Medicare Part A No Cost Facilities
  • Medicare Part B Monthly Cost Professionals
  • Medicare Part C Fills in the gaps
  • Medcare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage

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Annuity Payouts
  • Annual payments made for a period of time or life
    are called Annuity Payments. They may come from
    pension plans or commercial annuities.
  • Single Life Annuity Payment paid to one person
  • Joint and Survivor Annuity Payment- paid to two
    people with 50, 75 and 100 survivor options
  • Term Certain Payment Payments for a defined
    number of years

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Investment Considerations
  • Accumulation Phase
  • Importance is to achieve the desired level of
    growth
  • Use of stocks, bond, cash and other investment
    categories to achieve this goal
  • Volatility is not a great concern as long as
    goals are achieved
  • Distribution Phase
  • Volatility is much more important
  • Time frame is still long but portfolio
    fluctuations can significantly affect value due
    to withdrawals

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Insurance Issues
  • Insurance coverages must be maintained to protect
    against the unforeseen.
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Income Insurance
  • Property Insurance
  • Liability Insurance
  • Professional Insurance

Q A
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Qualified Plans
  • Enjoy substantial income tax benefits
  • Plans covered by ERISA
  • Employer contributions are pre-tax
  • Employer avoids FICA on contributions
  • Assets held in trust grow tax deferred
  • In certain cases, withdrawals may receive special
    tax treatment
  • Unique Benefits
  • Anti-Alienation Protection from Creditors
  • Possibly avoid a 10 penalty on withdrawals after
    age 55

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Tax Advantaged Plans
  • These are not considered Qualified Plans but
    offer some of the same tax advantages
  • SEP-IRA Plans
  • SIMPLE-IRA Plans
  • 403(b) Tax Sheltered Annuity Plans
  • 457 Deferred Compensation Plans
  • Individual Retirement Accounts or Arrangements
  • Not covered under ERISA
  • (Except for certain 403(b) Plans)

24
Types of Qualified Plans
  • Profit Sharing Plan
  • Money Purchase Plan
  • Target Benefit Plan
  • Defined Benefit Plan
  • Cash Balance Plan
  • Are all subject to ERISA
  • All may enjoy special tax treatment for lump sum
    withdrawals made after age 59 ½
  • All have Anti-Alienation protection

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Categorizing Qualified Plans
  • Defined Contribution Plans
  • Profit Sharing Plan
  • Money Purchase Plan
  • Target Benefit Plan
  • Defined Benefit Plans
  • Defined Benefit Plan
  • Cash Balance Plan
  • These Plans are Predominantly Employer Funded

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Defined Contribution Plans(Circle Plans)
  • Employer contribution is capped at 25 of
    Covered Compensation
  • Each Employee is limited to Annual Additions
    the lesser of 100 of the employees compensation
    or 50,000
  • The benefit received at retirement is equal to
    the balance in the employees account
  • Investment risk lies with the employee
  • May be more beneficial for younger employees

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Defined Benefit Plans(Square Plans)
  • A plan formula determines the employees benefit
    at retirement
  • The plan is funded by the employer (except for
    some government contributory plans)
  • The plan formula often is based on years of
    service, age at retirement and average
    compensation
  • Investment risk lies with the employer
  • Plans offers a guaranteed benefit to the
    participant

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Sample Question 1
  • Which plans are generally considered more
    advantageous for younger employees?
  • I. Profit Sharing and Defined Benefit Plan
  • II. Money Purchase and Target Benefit Plan
  • III. Profit Sharing and Money Purchase Plan
  • IV. Defined Benefit and Cash Balance Plan

A. I and III B. II and IV C. I, II and III D. II
and III
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Sample Question 1
  • Which plans are generally considered more
    advantageous for younger employees?
  • I. Profit Sharing and Defined Benefit Plan
  • II. Money Purchase and Target Benefit Plan
  • III. Profit Sharing and Money Purchase Plan
  • IV. Defined Benefit and Cash Balance Plan

A. I and III B. II and IV C. I, II and III D. II
and III
Feedback Defined Contribution plans are
considered more advantageous for younger
employees as they have many years for assets to
grow.
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Pension Plans
  • Four of the five qualified plans are Pension
    Plans
  • Money Purchase
  • Target Benefit
  • Defined Benefit
  • Cash Balance
  • The employer must either make a contribution for
    the defined contribution plans or provide a
    guaranteed benefit for the defined benefit plans

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Pension Plans
  • Mandatory Benefit or Contribution
  • No In-Service Withdrawals
  • Employer stock limited to 10 of plan assets
  • Default payout option will be
  • If Married
  • QJSA Qualified Joint Survivor Annuity
  • QPSA Qualified Plan Survivor Annuity
  • If Single
  • Life Annuity

Q A
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Eligibility Rules
  • Maximum Eligibility Rules
  • Age 21
  • One Year of Service
  • 1,000 hours within 12 month period
  • No maximum age allowed
  • A qualified plan may impose a two years of
    service eligibility rule but vesting must be
    immediate. (Not allowed for 401(k) plans)

33
Excluding Certain Employees
  • Under Age 21
  • Less than one year of service
  • Non-Resident Aliens
  • Members of Union with collective bargaining

34
No Discrimination
  • Qualified plans may not discriminate
  • ERISA 1974 establishes many rules designed to
    protect the rank and file within Qualified
    Plans
  • Tests for discrimination are performed annually
    and are based on the comparison of highly
    compensated employees and non-highly compensated
    employees
  • If discrimination tests fail, ERISA requires that
    the circumstances be corrected

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Highly Compensated Employees
  • An employee is considered highly compensated in a
    plan year if he or she
  • Owned more than 5 of the company in the current
    or past year
  • Received compensation more than 115,000
    (indexed) in the prior year
  • An employer may choose to replace the second
    option by declaring the top twenty percent of
    employees ranked by compensation will be declared
    highly compensated. (Note that more than 5
    ownership still applies)

36
Re-Hired Employees
  • Are considered HCEs if
  • They were HCEs when they terminated service
  • Or
  • They were HCEs at any time after attaining age 55

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Sample Question 2
  • John, age 45, earns 125,000 with no ownership
  • Kathy, age 34, earns 79,544, owns 10 of company
  • Mariel, age 51, earns 98,000, with no ownership
  • Which of these three are considered HCEs?
  • 1. Kathy and Mariel
  • 2. Kathy Only
  • 3. John and Mariel
  • 4. John and Kathy
  • 5. None are HCE

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Sample Question 2
  • John, age 45, earns 125,000 with no ownership
  • Kathy, age 34, earns 79,544, owns 10 of company
  • Mariel, age 51, earns 98,000, with no ownership
  • Which of these three are considered HCEs?
  • 1. Kathy and Mariel
  • 2. Kathy Only
  • 3. John and Mariel
  • 4. John and Kathy
  • 5. None are HCE

Feedback John is highly compensated because his
income has exceeded 115,000. Kathy is highly
compensated because she owns more than 5 of the
company.
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Coverage Tests
  • Employers may cover only certain groups of
    employees if there is a valid business rationale
    for covering some but not all employees
  • Salary versus Commission
  • Office versus Field
  • Different Geographic Locations
  • Job Classification
  • Groups cannot be discriminatory Must pass
    certain tests based on HCE and Non-HCEs

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Coverage Tests (continued)
  • For a plan to pass muster, it must pass any one
    of the following three tests
  • The Safe Harbor Test plan must cover at least
    70 of the non-highly compensated employees
  • The Ratio Percentage Test - plan must cover a
    percentage of non-highly compensated employees
    equal to at least 70 of the percentage of highly
    compensated employees covered
  • The Average Benefits Test the percentage of
    benefits received by non-highly compensated
    employees must equal at least 70 of the
    percentage of benefits received by highly
    compensated employees

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Safe Harbor Coverage Test
  • Ackimation Corporation has two locations, an
    office in Denver, CO with 26 employees (8 are
    HCEs) and a production facility in El Paso, TX
    with 12 employees (6 are HCEs). All employees
    are eligible.
  • Ackimation would like to install a plan in Denver
    where the labor market is competitive, but not in
    El Paso where labor is plentiful.
  • The proposed plan would cover a total of 18
    non-highly compensated employees. This
    represents 75 of the total of the 24 non-highly
    compensated employees.
  • It passes the Safe Harbor Test

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Changing the Numbers
  • The Ratio Percentage Test
  • Denver 26 Employees (8 HCEs)
  • El Paso 30 Employees (6 HCEs)

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Ratio Percentage Test
  • Changing the numbers---
  • Denver 26 Employees (8 HCEs)
  • El Paso 30 Employees (6 HCEs)
  • Now..it would not pass the Safe Harbor Test
  • Only 43 of Non-HCEs are covered by the plan
  • (182442 NHCEs) 18/4243

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Changing the Numbers
  • Denver 26 Employees (8 HCEs)
  • El Paso 30 Employees (6 HCEs)
  • Now..it would not pass the Safe Harbor Test
  • Only 43 of Non-HCEs are covered by the plan
  • (182442 NHCEs) 18/4243
  • It does pass the Ratio Percentage Test
  • Percentage of Non-HCEs covered 43
    75
  • Percentage of HCEs covered 57

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Defined Benefit Plans
  • One Additional Test for Defined Benefit Plans
  • Defined Benefit
  • Cash Balance
  • 50/40 Test On every day of the plan year, the
    plan must cover the lesser of
  • 50 Employees
  • 40 of Eligible Employees

Q A
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Integration with Social Security
  • Provides additional contribution or benefit for
    income above the integration level
  • Integration must be written into plan document
  • Two methods to integrate
  • Excess Integration Defined Contribution plans
    or Defined Benefit plans
  • Offset Integration Defined Benefit plans only

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Integrating a DC Plan
  • Integration Level
  • Usually the Social Security Wage Base (can be
    smaller but must not be discriminatory).
    Currently 110,100.
  • Base Rate
  • The normal contribution to the DC plan. For this
    example, assume 8.
  • Excess Rate
  • The higher contribution (Base Rate plus Maximum
    Permitted Disparity) made in the DC plan to
    income above the integration level. In this
    example, 13.7 will be contributed to the plan
    for income above the integration level of
    110,100.

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Maximum Permitted Disparity
  • The Excess Rate is the Base Rate plus the Maximum
    Permitted Disparity (hereafter known as the
    Disparity)
  • The Disparity is equal to the lesser of
  • The base rate or 5.7
  • If base rate is 10, then excess rate is 15.7
  • If base rate is 4, then excess rate is 8
  • If base rate is 5, then excess rate is 10
  • If base rate is 8, then excess rate is 13.7

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Where did 5.7 come from?
  • Of the 7.65 for FICA contributed by the
    employer
  • 1.45 is for Medicare
  • 5.7 is for retirement
  • 0.5 is for disability, death benefit and other
    benefits
  • Since the employer is no longer making FICA
    contributions for retirement on income above the
    Social Security Wage Base, the plan contribution
    is replacing that contribution.
  • Integration simply uses extra contributions to
    the qualified plan to replace retirement benefits
    not enjoyed on income above the wage base.

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Example
  • Wendells employer, Prime Advisory Group, offers
    a profit sharing plan
  • The company plans on contributing an amount equal
    to 7 of compensation for all eligible employees
    this year
  • For all income below the integration level,
    employees will receive a contribution to the
    profit sharing account equal to 7 of their
    compensation
  • Any participant income above 110,100 will
    receive 12.7 instead of 7

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Wendells Profit Sharing Contribution
  • Wendell has compensation for the year equal to
    172,531.
  • If the plan is integrated, he will receive a
    profit sharing contribution equal to
  • 7 of 110,100 7,707.00
  • 12.7 of 62,431 7,928.74
  • Total received 15,635.73
  • If the plan was not integrated, Wendell would
    have received only 12,077.17 (7 of 172,531)

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Defined Benefit Integration
  • A Defined Benefit plan pays Wendell a monthly
    benefit for life.
  • The monthly benefit will be increased using a
    procedure similar to the Defined Contribution
    plan
  • His monthly benefit will be increased based on
    how much his average earnings exceed the
    historical Social Security Wage Base.

Q A
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Funding Levels for DC Plans
  • The employer may not contribute more than 25 of
    Covered Compensation
  • Covered Compensation takes into account the limit
    on compensation of 250,000 (Indexed)
  • Example
  • If Covered Compensation for a company is
    1,000,000
  • the employer may not contribute more than
    250,000
  • 1,000,000 X .25 250,000

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Funding Level for DB Plans
  • The employer may not fund for a benefit greater
    than
  • 100 of Compensation
  • or
  • 200,000 (whichever is less)

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Participant Limit in DC Plans
  • Annual Additions
  • Employer Contributions
  • Employee Contributions
  • Forfeitures
  • For each employee, Annual Additions in any year
    may not exceed the lesser of
  • 100 of Compensation
  • or
  • 50,000 (Indexed)

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Key Employees
  • Three ways for an employee to be a Key
    Employee
  • 1. Owns more than 5 of the company
  • 2. Owns more than 1 with compensation in
    excess of 150,000
  • 3. An officer with compensation greater than
    165,000 (indexed)
  • Note
  • No more than 50 employees can be treated as
    officers

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Top Heavy Plans
  • Defined Contribution Plan
  • More than 60 of the plan assets are attributable
    to
  • the Key Employees
  • Action
  • Use a faster Top Heavy vesting schedule
  • Non-key Employees receive additional 3
  • Defined Benefit Plan
  • More than 60 of benefits in the plan are
    attributable to
  • the Key Employees
  • Action
  • Use a faster Top Heavy vesting schedule
  • Increase retirement benefits for non-key
    employees by 2 per year to a maximum of 20

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Vesting
A period of time that must elapse before plan
participants own employer contributions made to
their accounts
1 0 0 0 0
2 0 20 0 0
3 20 40 0 100
4 40 60 0
5 60 80 100
6 80 100
7 100
Year of Service Graded Top Heavy Cliff
Vesting Top Heavy
  • All DC plans must use the shorter Top Heavy
    schedules regardless of whether the plan is top
    heavy or not

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Loans
  • Qualified plans can allow participant loans
  • Loans may be for any purpose
  • Loans must be available to all employees
  • Loans may not exceed the lesser of 50,000 or 50
    of the plan balance (or up to 10,000 if balance
    lt10,000)
  • Loan payments must be made at least quarterly and
    be sufficient to repay the loan within five years
    (longer if the loan is used to purchase a primary
    residence)
  • The plan must charge a reasonable interest rate

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Defined Contribution Plans
  • Money Purchase Plan
  • Profit Sharing Plan
  • Target Benefit Plan

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Money Purchase Plan
  • Funded by employer money
  • Mandatory Contributions
  • Non-discriminatory Formula
  • Subject to vesting schedule
  • The retirement benefit is equal to the value of
    the accounts at retirement
  • The default payout is an annuity

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Money Purchase Plan
  • Advantages
  • Fairly simple for participants to understand
  • Simple administration and design
  • Provides tax deductible contributions for
    employer
  • Assets in trust grow income tax deferred
  • Employer contributions up to 25 of Covered
    Compensation
  • Benefits are portable
  • Employee may receive up to Annual Additions limit
  • Lesser of 100 of compensation or 50,000

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Money Purchase Plans
  • Disadvantages
  • Older employees may not be able to accumulate
    enough for retirement
  • Employers may not want to be locked into an
    annual contribution
  • No predictable retirement benefit
  • Income in excess of 250,000 will not be counted

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Profit Sharing Plans
  • Funded by employer money
  • Contributions must be Substantial and Recurring
  • Non-discriminatory Formula
  • Subject to vesting schedule
  • The retirement benefit is equal to the value of
    the accounts at retirement
  • There may not be a default payout (not a
    pension plan)

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Profit Sharing Plans
  • Advantages
  • Employer does not have to make contributions each
    year
  • Employer may contribute up to 25 of Covered
    Compensation
  • Employees may receive annual additions up to 100
    of compensation or 50,000
  • Contributions are tax deductible and grow tax
    deferred
  • Simple to understand and inexpensive to run
  • Benefits are portable

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Profit Sharing Plans
  • Disadvantages
  • Older employees may not accumulate enough
  • Employer may not make contributions each year
  • Income in excess of 250,000 is not counted
  • Employees bear investment risk
  • No predictable retirement benefit

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Employer Contribution Arrangements for Profit
Sharing Plans
  • Discretionary
  • Employer decides each year subject to the
    Substantial and Recurring rule
  • Profits are not necessary
  • Formula
  • Employer may contribute some portion or
    percentage of compensation
  • Stock Bonus Plan
  • In either arrangement, the employer can
    contribute stock instead of cash

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Allocation Strategies
  • Fixed Amount
  • Everyone receives 5,000
  • Fixed Percentage
  • Everyone receives 7 of their compensation
  • Age Weighted
  • Older participants receive more
  • New Comparability (Cross Tested)
  • Special Groups receive more

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Profit Sharing Plans
  • Withdrawals
  • Plan assets are available to participants at
    separation from service or at retirement age
  • The plan can allow for in-service distributions
    after money has been in the plan for at least two
    years
  • Plan may allow for Hardship Withdrawals
  • In Service Distributions are taxable unless
    rolled over
  • Distributions made prior to age 59 ½ may be
    subject to a 10 penalty

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Profit Sharing Plans
  • Tax Implications
  • Employer contributions are limited to 25
  • Contributions are deductible and grow tax
    deferred
  • Employer does not pay FICA on contributions
  • Withdrawals are taxable
  • Lump Sum Distributions made after 59 ½ may
    receive special tax treatment
  • Plan can allow for deemed IRA accounts

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Thrift Plan
  • After-tax contributions are made by employees
    through payroll deductions
  • Employer may contribute matching contributions
  • Assets grow tax deferred in the trust
  • Note Thrift plans have mostly been replaced by
    401(k) plans. However, some 401(k) plans contain
    thrift or after-tax components

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401(k) Plan
  • Allows Profit Sharing plan participants to
    contribute
  • Cash or Deferred Arrangement - CODA
  • 17,000 Maximum for 2012
  • Catch Up Election - 5,500 if age 50 or older
  • Used after normal maximum is reached
  • Used after any testing limits applied
  • Annual testing (ADP Test) may limit contributions
    by Highly Compensated Employees

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401(k) Plans
  • Advantages
  • Voluntary
  • Payroll Deducted
  • Tax Advantaged
  • Contributions are pre-tax
  • Plan may offer Roth(k) option
  • Mix of both
  • Account grows tax deferred
  • Employee pays FICA on elective Deferrals
  • Employer may offer matching contributions
  • Portable

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401(k) Plan
  • Disadvantages
  • No guaranteed retirement benefit
  • Employee assumes investment risk
  • Employer is subject to testing which may limit
    contributions by HCEs.

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Aggregating Salary Deferrals
  • Each individual must aggregate salary deferrals
    from all employers
  • 401(k)
  • 403(b)
  • SIMPLE-IRA
  • SIMPLE 401(k)
  • SAR-SEP
  • Maximum is 17,000 (plus 5,500 if age 50 or
    older)
  • Note Section 457 plans do not aggregate

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Roth 401(k)
  • Roth(k) option may be added to a plan
  • Contributions are after-tax
  • Growth is tax deferred
  • Contributions will not be taxed when withdrawn
  • Required Minimum Distributions at age 70 ½
  • Untaxed gain may be withdrawn income tax free
  • After five years of Roth participation in the
    plan
  • And due to
  • Death
  • Disability
  • Age 59 ½ or older

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Unique Roth(k) Distribution Rules
  • Withdrawals from 401(K) are pro-rata (Traditional
    vs Roth)
  • Transfers from Roth(k) to Roth(k) are permitted
  • If withdrawn, only untaxed gain can be rolled
    over
  • Defaulted loans will be fully taxable
  • Roth(k) may be rolled over to Roth IRA

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In Plan Roth Conversions
  • Plans may offer In-Plan Roth Conversion after
    age 59 ½ on contributions, earnings and employer
    match
  • Rollovers may convert prior to age 59 ½
  • Converted assets are taxed but exempt from 10
    tax
  • Conversion amount is subject to individual 5 year
    clock based on conversion year
  • Earnings are subject to 5 year clock based on
    first Roth(k) contribution to the plan
  • No re-characterization
  • No income restrictions

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Automatic Enrollment
  • Designed to increase participation in 401(k)
    plans
  • After 30-90 days, payroll deductions for 401(k)
    are started at 3 of pay
  • Employee is notified and may say, No at any
    time
  • If no action taken, contributions begin and are
    directed to default fund.
  • Contributions may be increased each annually to
    6
  • Adding employer match of 100 on 1 and 50 up to
    6 plus immediate vesting eliminates ADP and Top
    Heavy testing.
  • Note The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA 06)
    specifically approved this strategy and further
    acknowledged the use of Target Based funds based
    on age as the default investment option.

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401(k) Plans
  • Employer Contributions
  • May be made in several forms
  • Matching Contributions
  • Non-Elective Contributions
  • Profit Sharing Contributions
  • May be based on several formulas
  • Discretionary
  • Matching
  • Note Employer contributions can be vested but
    only up to a Top Heavy Schedule

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Sample Question 3
  • Chip Murray works for Quality Tools, Inc. He is
    48 and earns 35,000. Chips wife is a successful
    consultant with substantially higher income.
    Because the company offers a 100 match up to 10
    of pay, Chip contributes the maximum to his
    401(k). Quality Tools, Inc. also plans on making
    a 10 Profit Sharing contribution.
  • How much will Chip receive in total annual
    additions?
  • A. 17,000
  • B. 24,000
  • C. 33,500
  • D. 37,500

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Sample Question 3
  • Chip Murray works for Quality Tools, Inc. He is
    48 and earns 35,000. Chips wife is a successful
    consultant with substantially higher income.
    Because the company offers a 100 match up to 10
    of pay, Chip contributes the maximum to his
    401(k). Quality Tools, Inc. also plans on making
    a 10 Profit Sharing contribution.
  • How much will Chip receive in total annual
    additions?
  • A. 16,500
  • B. 24,000
  • C. 33,000
  • D. 37,000

Solution Chips Elective Deferrals Quality Tools
Match Profit Sharing Contribution Total
17,000 3,500 3,500 24,000
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401(k) Plan Distributions
  • Elective Deferrals cannot be withdrawn until
  • Death or Disability
  • Age 59 ½
  • Termination from Service
  • Retirement
  • Plan Termination
  • Distributions can be rolled over to IRA or new
    employer plan
  • Distributions taken directly will be taxable
  • 10 Penalty for taxable distributions taken prior
    to age 59 ½
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