What Are the Features of a Defined Benefit Plan? A defined benefit plan guarantees retirement benefits for an employee. Some of the features include: Employer sponsored: The employer funds and manages ...

Ask successful small-business owners if they are happy with their annual IRS tax bills and most will moan and groan. That was the case with Bob Johnson, founder and CEO of Johnson Insurance & ...

This column has been modified to correct the amount of the required contribution for Janet's DB plan. Minimizing taxes isn’t always the best idea. Rich found this out the hard way. You may have heard ...

Capital market uncertainty escalated in early April to levels not seen since the global financial crisis and the early months of the COVID pandemic in 2020. The result was a spike in the volatility ...

The demand for a more generous defined benefit retirement system for public employees is again echoing through the halls of Alaska’s Capitol. Proponents insist that their proposed legislation, HB 78, ...

A defined-benefit plan is an employer-sponsored retirement plan in which the benefits are determined by a company-specific formula. One notable aspect of a defined-benefit plan is that they are ...