Running Head: Pension Plans Abstract The goal of pension plans is to provide a fixed income for individuals during retirement. In practice, this means either paying employees a fixed income when they reach a predetermined retirement age or can no longer work due to disability (Dessler, 2005, p. 492). However, since the 1980’s the number of employers offering pension plans has declined. Once considered a common benefit in the workplace and motivator for senior employees to remain with the
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2010 Sub: Acquisition & Pension Plans Acquisition Analysis & Benefits from Acquisition The 100% acquisition of other business by the manufacturing company will be beneficial. It is because; full acquisition of the other business will bring two new segments for the manufacturing company that will pose a higher growth rate. It will also facilitate two new pension plans that will be beneficial to motivate the employees. But at the same time, the two segments and pension plans are entirely new for the
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Pensions and Retirement Pla ACC/541 May 7, 2012 Pensions and Retirement Plans Memo To: Kimberly Taylor, CEO, Kim’s Tasty Kookies From: Donna Robinson, CFO, Kim’s Tasty Kookies Date: May 7, 2012 ------------------------------------------------- Subject: Pensions and Retirement Plans Kim’s Tasty Kookies had begun operation in 1895 with Kimberly great-grand mother making her famous chocolate chips for children. Although the recipes were handed down through three generation of
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Defined Contribution Pension Plans What are the advantages and disadvantages of a Defined Benefit Pension Plan? Advantages of a Defined Benefit Pension Plan •Provides an explicit benefit which is easily communicated •Time to invest not as crucial a factor for older employees •Older employees may receive more benefit than under a DCPP •Payroll deduction possible for employee contributions •Past service benefits possible Disadvantages of a Defined Benefit Pension Plan •Employees rarely
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Acquisition of Other Company, Pensions and Other Postretirement Plans Abstract Recently, Midsize Manufacturing Company acquired 100% of another company. Along with the acquisition, Midsize Manufacturing Company inherited the former company’s employee pension plans and other postretirement plans. In the following I will discuss the required reporting for defined contributions, defined benefits, and other postretirement benefits. I will also address how the former company’s segments shall
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Employers have been providing their employees with a pension plan for many years. Through the use of a funding agency, payments are invested so that periodic payments can be made to the employee during retirement. Defined contribution and defined benefit are the two most common type of pension plans. However, employers offer additional retirement benefits such as tuition assistance, healthcare, life insurance, and housing subsidies (Schroeder, Clark, & Cathey, 2011, p. 470) as guided by SFAS No
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thirty years. As a matter of fact, state pensions are enough for a number of people to satisfy their basic needs for lives. Obviously, most people would want to supplement of pension plan because they have to depend on the pensions after they retire. It goes without saying that how important for them to have a stable pension plan when they are still working. A lot of employers also believe that they should set up pension plans when they still work. Pension plans not only bring benefits to the employees
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Pension plans offered at different organizations are different but typically follow one of two main types. The defined benefit plan and the defined contribution plan are the two main types of pension schemes. The focus is always on helping the people when they retire. The state of Florida could benefit from re-opening the defined benefit plan for the state employees. The organizations should focus on a plan and be forced to keep it open for employees as long as they are with that organization. These
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Article Review: Pension Plans Benefits HRM 599 Devry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management October 7, 2013 Professor Brian Nisbet Yolanda M. Green Pension Plans The article entitled “Pension Plans” was written by Al Thomas, with means of informing workers of the different types of retirement plans that should be accessible by their employer. The article was also written to explain which of those plans are better for employees
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acquired another company which has two segments and two different pension plans. These segments could create reporting issues which we would want to eliminate. To fulfill this objective, we should first understand what the different postretirement plans are and what their reporting requirements are after which we would identify steps to eliminate the two segments. * Defined Benefit Pension Plan In a defined benefit pension plan, employee gets a specified monthly benefit at retirement. The amount
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