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What is deferred compensation, how does it work, and which option should you pick or how much should you defer if you are ever given the option?  If you’ve heard of deferred compensation but didn’t ...

Learn about nonqualified deferred compensation plans, their advantages and disadvantages, and how they compare to other ...

A 409a deferred compensation plan is a non-qualified arrangement that allows employees to defer a portion of their income to a future date. This plan is often used by high-income earners to reduce ...

Benjamin Harvey CFP®, CPWA®, ChFC®, CLU® Founder and Private Wealth Advisor, Summation Wealth Group To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in ...

Under pre-409A income tax law, tax deferment is not achieved if, prior to the actual receipt of payments, the employee is in constructive receipt of the income under the agreement. Income is ...

A Newport executive discusses how early findings from an annual survey show plan sponsors providing nonqualified compensation programs to a wider pool of employees. The benefits world is entering a ...

In big firms' fight to avoid paying deferred compensation to advisors who jump to rivals, much of the legal wrangling has centered on federal retirement law. But another factor is increasingly ...

A deferred compensation plan allows eligible employees to set aside part of their salary into an account that grows tax-free until retirement. Many public employees in Missouri can use these plans, ...