Not exact matches
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions
in the industries and markets
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate
in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations
in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand
in construction and
in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges
in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies
in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including
in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including
in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption
in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13)
pension plan assumptions and future
contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes
in political conditions
in the U.S. and other countries
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes
in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates
in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes
in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to
as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations
in the U.S. and other countries
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result
in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including
in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted
in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is
in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued
in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
Around 18 % of private -
pension money was invested in domestic and foreign equities, and 39 % in savings and deposits as of March 2015, according to the Japan Defined - Contribution Pension Plan Administ
pension money was invested
in domestic and foreign equities, and 39 %
in savings and deposits
as of March 2015, according to the Japan Defined -
Contribution Pension Plan Administ
Pension Plan Administration.
The target cuts,
in turn, can lead to increased
contributions from employees and their employers to fund the
pension systems
as their reliance on investment returns decreases.
Thus, the path dependency that political scientist Paul Pierson, 1997 has observed
in pension reforms is not just an observed fact, but a desired characteristic.21 Threats to sustainability are typically identified
as expenditures rising above an acceptable level, and especially
in prefunded DB plans, volatility of
pension contributions or accounting expenses for
pensions.
Watch out for a cut
in your income
as the workplace
pension contribution increases next tax year
A recent MetLife survey * highlighted how this choice shakes out when it comes to retirement: One
in five retirees who took their
pension or defined
contribution plan, such
as a 401 (k),
as a lump sum depleted it
in an average of 5 1/2 years.
In reality, there will,
as Kesselman argues, be reduced employer and employee
contributions to
pension plans fully integrated with the CPP
as is the case with the vast majority of employer sponsored plans.
Case and Deaton speculate that the shift from defined - benefit
pension plans
in the U.S. to defined -
contribution plans (such
as the 401 (k)-RRB- may have caused the upward shift
in mortality rates.
The current dispute dates back to a 2007 «cap and share» agreement,
in which teachers» unions agreed to accept increased
pension contributions - so long
as the government came up with evidence that the move is necessary.
The party plans to make up the money by restricting tax relief on
pension contributions to the basic rate, taxing capital gains at marginal income tax rates, allowing for indexation and retirement relief, tackling stamp duty land tax avoidance and corporation tax avoidance and by subjecting benefits
in kind to national insurance
contributions as well
as income tax and applying national insurance to multiple jobs.
In the 1990s, Sweden reformed its pension system away from an expensive defined - benefit system to a defined - contribution system in order to contain costs amid concerns that the former system would be unsustainable as the population age
In the 1990s, Sweden reformed its
pension system away from an expensive defined - benefit system to a defined -
contribution system
in order to contain costs amid concerns that the former system would be unsustainable as the population age
in order to contain costs amid concerns that the former system would be unsustainable
as the population aged.
The two campaigns have traded barbs
in recent weeks over a controversial amortization plan that Wilson characterizes
as borrowing from the
pension fund and DiNapoli's camp insists is merely «smoothing» to provide predictability for local governments and the state when it comes to
contributions.
As I explained in the post below, city residents may also be paying state taxes to cover the pension contributions of localities elsewhere in the state, even as city residents pay more than anyone anywhere for the city's own pension contribution
As I explained
in the post below, city residents may also be paying state taxes to cover the
pension contributions of localities elsewhere
in the state, even
as city residents pay more than anyone anywhere for the city's own pension contribution
as city residents pay more than anyone anywhere for the city's own
pension contributions.
The stable
pension contribution rate for local governments and schools, submitted
as part of the Executive Budget, will provide a new tool for local governments to access the long - term savings from Tier VI and have greater predictability
in their fiscal planning.
Instead, there would be a tax cut of 4p
in the basic rate, funded by changes to the tax system
as it related to
pension contributions, capital gains and pollution.
According to the unions, their
contributions have been held
in a Temporary
Pension Fund Account (TPFA) at the Bank of Ghana since 2010; a situation they describe
as unlawful.
· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated
pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority
in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature
in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset
in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined
as no more than 2 percent growth
in the contract.
Cuomo wants to close a loophole
in election law that allows for unlimited
contributions through LLCs,
as well
as a bill to block those convicted of corruption from receiving
pension benefits through a constitutional amendment's first passage.
The Tier VI
pension agreement
in 2012 gives state workers earning more than $ 75,000 access to defined
contribution system based on the model used by public university employees, known
as TIAA - CREF.
The NI
contribution in question is known
as «Class 2» 2 and is a regular weekly sum payable by self - employed earners to establish their entitlement to contributory benefits such
as the state retirement
pension.
They are not covered by the
Pension Protection Fund,
as it only came into force
in May 2005, and are facing a lean retirement despite making up to 30 years of
contributions.
Normally, the less the
pension system assumes it will earn on investments, the more taxpayers have to pay
in the form of current
contributions, which are calculated
as a share of current payrolls.
The authority's finances improved this year with almost a $ 500 million increase
in tax revenues, and costs such
as energy, debt service and
pension contributions have decreased.
New York's two - year - old Voluntary Defined
Contribution (VDC) retirement plan — the most significant structural reform
in Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2012 Tier 6
pension legislation — is shaping up
as a popular alternative among the relatively small number of government employees eligible to sign up for it.
The ability to avoid too much unpalatable cutting was the consequence of finding # 7bn extra cuts / effective tax rises from the Welfare budget and from Child Benefit, along with rises
in public sector employee
pension contributions, though it was disappointing (but not surprising) that misdirected programmes such
as winter fuel payments survive intact.
The annuity - based SUNY retirement model represents a far better alternative than the defined -
contribution proposal
in Cuomo's original Tier 6 plan, which would have made a poorly designed and underfunded 401 (k)- style retirement account an alternative to the traditional
pension for all workers, unionized
as well
as non-unionized.
The federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that disgraced former Assemblyman Eric Stevenson's
pension contributions are fair game
as the feds seek to recoup $ 22,000
in ill - gotten gains.
The result is that local government workers, faced with an average additional 3 % increase
in their
contributions which will then yield a much reduced
pensions, are likely to abandon the local government
pension scheme
in droves
as no longer worthwhile, thus adding to the State's welfare bill
in retirement and perhaps collapsing the investment funds which this
pension scheme feeds.
The wider task of comprehensive social security reform would inevitably require a high - level body to review and advise on the harmonization of various initiatives and deductions from workers» payrolls
in the name of welfare, such
as pension contributions, national housing fund, national health insurance etc
«Stevenson argues that identifying his
pension plan
contributions as a substitute asset and permitting seizure by the Government was [
in] error
as those
contributions are protected by... the New York State Constitution,» said the three - judge panel.
Many local governments, especially upstate, have been squeezed by declining populations and an eroded industrial base coupled with a cap on raising their property taxes
as well
as a spike
in required
pension contributions.
The ruling,
in the case of convicted former Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, found that his
pension contributions are fair game
as the feds seek to recoup $ 22,000
in ill - gotten gains.
According to the Police Administration, every officer who loses his life
in line of duty is paid a gratuity by the administration,
as well
as pension contributions by their
pension scheme.
«Achieving these lapse — or savings — targets will be a significant budgetary challenge, especially
in light of the high levels of fixed costs for FY 2018, such
as debt service payments,
pension contributions and other costs.»
«I wish there will be a law that will state that before an actor or actress receives his or her pay, there will be some amount of money that will be deducted
as tax or
contribution to SSNIT so that it will serve
as financial support
in case they go on
pension or when they need some health assistance.
The amounts listed
in the report DO NOT include fringe benefits such
as health insurance or employer
pension contributions, which can add 35 percent or more to the cost for taxpayers.
Without reform,
pensions contributions would have to rise steeply — and would mean spending cuts
in other areas such
as teaching, student support and research.
Good government groups see the
pension forfeiture measure
as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations
in the budget; limits on political
contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).
The RESAVER
pension plan will be
contribution - rather than benefit - based, meaning that researchers will know how much they put
in but not how much they'll get,
as they would with many other
pension plans
in Europe.
The salary scale will be
in accordance with the TV - L E-13 level of the German public employees and includes
contributions to a
pension plan
as well
as health and unemployment insurances.
This spreadsheet has input opportunities for a salary and optional
pension contributions, and will calculate the amount of Tax and National Insurance paid
in different brackets,
as well
as Pensions contributions.
HCSS Budgeting is a powerful budget planning and forecasting tool that automatically updates with the latest financial information from the Department for Education (DfE), HMRC and the Education Funding Agency (EFA) that schools need to be aware of such
as rises
in teachers»
pension contributions.
Nor should an additional year of work reduce
pension wealth (net of employee
contributions),
as is the case
in current teacher plans after a certain point, often at relatively young ages.
Using data on
contributions from NASRA and
pension fund annual reports where necessary, and using weights based on the number of teachers employed
in each state or district
as reported
in the NCES Common Core of Data, it is possible to compute average employer
contribution rates for teachers.
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.
State
Pensions A scheme is to be introduced to allow current pensioners, and those who reach State
Pension age before the introduction of the new single tier pension in April 2016, an option to top up their Additional State Pension record through a new class of voluntary National Insurance contributions, to be known as Cl
Pension age before the introduction of the new single tier
pension in April 2016, an option to top up their Additional State Pension record through a new class of voluntary National Insurance contributions, to be known as Cl
pension in April 2016, an option to top up their Additional State
Pension record through a new class of voluntary National Insurance contributions, to be known as Cl
Pension record through a new class of voluntary National Insurance
contributions, to be known
as Class 3A.
In addition to this «general» or «formula» funding, states also typically provide revenue for other, more specific purposes, such
as bus transportation,
contributions to school employee
pension plans, and teacher training.
At this point
in her career, the
pension system serves
as a twofold tax on earnings, first by the required employee
contribution and second by the negative deferred income.
While the plan called for a cut of 5.5 percent to education, dropping per - pupil funding by $ 550, funding limits could be offset at the district level by increased employee
contributions to health care and
pension programs, and by giving local school districts other tools such
as wage freezes and adjustments
in salary schedules.
While the government has pledged to maintain per - pupil income, heads currently preparing next year's budgets are having to factor
in rising costs such
as increased
pension and national insurance
contributions.