Not exact matches
Astorino will also propose that new lawmakers be
required to join a «
defined contribution plan,» as opposed to the current «
defined benefit
plan,» for future pension benefits, a move that will reduce the state's long - term pension costs.
Defined Contribution Plan for Newly Elected —
Require all newly elected officials to join SUNY's
Defined Contribution Plan instead of the existing pension system.
Among his recommendations, Astorino favors switching elected officials from the
defined - benefit pension
plan to a
defined -
contribution plan; replacing the per diem system for lawmaker expenses to one
requiring stricter bookkeeping; and scrapping the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in favor of a new independent ethics watchdog appointed by the judiciary.
As I write in a piece for RealClearEducation, «When advocates for traditional
defined - benefit pensions say things like, «pension
plans would be in better financial shape if states made their
required contributions,» that's true, but only half the story.
The middle row illustrates how long the teacher would be
required to stay until her pension would finally be worth more than a cash balance
plan (Rhee and Fornia calculate slightly shorter break - even points for their
defined contribution plans).
Last week the New York State Teachers» Retirement System (NYSTRS), which provides a
defined benefit pension
plan to public school teachers and administrators outside of New York City, announced it was raising the
required employer
contribution rate * from 16.25 to 17.53 percent of payroll.
An analysis of the average pension income
requires understanding the difference between a
defined benefit pension
plan and a
defined contribution plan.
DC
plans define the annual
contributions required by the employer (and in many cases by the employee).
Most
plans require that you request this feature, but once elected, auto escalation can increase your
contribution each year until you hit a
plan -
defined maximum.
As a member of a
defined benefit
plan, you're entitled to deduct 100 % of all
required contributions for current or post-1989 past service.
Like a
defined -
contribution plan, these
plans also
require monthly
contributions, which can come from your paycheck, your employer, or some combination of both.
A
defined contribution registered pension
plan (DC RPP) allows you to do both, while
requiring minimum employer
contributions.
As noted above, only certain
defined contribution plans are
required to make QJSA and QPSA payments of retirement benefits to the surviving spouse.
Defined Contribution (DC)
plans, RRSPs, group RRSPs and the new PRPPs (Pooled Registered Pension Plans) are all fine vehicles but they do require more investing knowledge and therefore put investment risk squarely on the shoulders of plan members rather than emplo
plans, RRSPs, group RRSPs and the new PRPPs (Pooled Registered Pension
Plans) are all fine vehicles but they do require more investing knowledge and therefore put investment risk squarely on the shoulders of plan members rather than emplo
Plans) are all fine vehicles but they do
require more investing knowledge and therefore put investment risk squarely on the shoulders of
plan members rather than employers.
ERISA Section 205 and IRC Secs. 401 (a)(11) and 417
require that all retirement
plans (both
defined benefit and
defined contribution plans) provide benefits in a manner that will give the participant's spouse a survivor benefit.
Defined contribution plans such as 401ks are now more common and
require workers, as the name suggests, to contribute their own money to retirement savings.
Another major initiative is the Ontario Registered Pension
Plan (ORPP), a compulsory defined benefit plan requiring equal 1.9 % employee and employer contributions (up to income of $ 90,000) for workplaces without employer pensi
Plan (ORPP), a compulsory
defined benefit
plan requiring equal 1.9 % employee and employer contributions (up to income of $ 90,000) for workplaces without employer pensi
plan requiring equal 1.9 % employee and employer
contributions (up to income of $ 90,000) for workplaces without employer pensions.
Minimum Funding
Contribution - The minimum amount that must be paid into a
defined benefit
plan for a particular year as
required by ERISA.
The regulation would
require all
defined contribution plans to inform their participants of the life annuity income equivalents of the current and projected balances in their individual accounts.
The Department of Labor's proposed regulation would
require defined contribution retirement
plans to provide a similar statement, showing workers the income they could claim from their account at certain periods of time.
Defined contribution plans are a little different and
require a bit of legwork on your part.
Similarly, upon reemployment, an employer is
required to make - up
contributions to an ERISA -
defined contribution plan, like a 401 (k), that were missed while the employee was engaged in military service.