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Posts:
- [Podcast] How Do I Manage My Defined Benefit Plan If My Income Is Volatile?
- [Podcast] Defined Benefit Plans: Why Do Different Actuaries Give Different Funding Amounts?
- [Podcast] What Differentiates Emparion from Other Plan Administrators?
- [Podcast] Should I Set Up a Defined Benefit Plan If I Expect to Have High Income in Retirement?
- [Podcast] How Do Cash Balance Plan Funding Ranges Work?
- [Podcast] How Retirement Ages Impact Defined Benefit Plans
- [Podcast] Pitfalls of Front-Loading a Defined Benefit Plan
- [Podcast] Understanding the 6% Rule and the 31% Rule for Cash Balance Plans
- [Podcast] Combining a Defined Benefit Plan with a 401(k), SIMPLE, or SEP
- [Podcast] The #1 Way to Structure a Cash Balance Plan for Your Business
- [Podcast] Do I Have to Contribute to a Cash Balance Plan If I Have No Income?
- What is a Cash Balance Plan? The Beginners Guide
- American Funds Cash Balance Plan: A Complete Guide
- Strategies to Minimize Employee Cash Balance Contributions with Group Plans
- How to Know if Your Defined Benefit Plan is Overfunded at Termination: Quick Guide
- Critical Compliance Aspects of a Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan
- Fiscal Year Defined Benefit Plans: How Do They Work and What is the Process
- Maximum Defined Benefit Plan Distribution Amounts by Age
- Avoid RMD Headaches by Using Force-Out Distribution Rules at Normal Retirement Age
- Can I use Schwab, Fidelity, Vanguard or E*TRADE to administer my safe harbor 401(k) plan?
- Vanguard Cash Balance Plan Investment Options: Top Funds
- Setting Up a Cash Balance Plan at Fidelity, Schwab or Vanguard? Fees and Services
- Using a QRP for an Overfunded Pension? Here’s What the IRS Says
- Retirement Planning for Emergency Medicine Physicians: The #1 Structure
- Cycle 3 Restatement Guide: The Time to Act is Now
- When Do I Have to File Form 5500-EZ for my Solo 401(k) Plan?
- Cash Balance Plan Downsides: Don’t Make These 3 Mistakes!
- Cash Balance Plan Third Party Administrators: Selecting the Right TPA
- Cash Balance Plan Tax Advantages: The #1 Strategy [+Video]
- Cash Balance Plan Eligibility Rules ≈ Quick Guide [+Video] ⚡
- Does a Defined Benefit Plan Reduce Self-Employment Tax? Simple Answer
- How to Frontload a Cash Balance Plan for Maximum Tax-Deferral ⚡
- 7 Reasons Cash Balance Plans are Often Preferred Over Traditional Defined Benefit Plans
- Top 10 Questions CPAs & Financial Advisors Ask About Cash Balance Plans
- Defined Benefit Plan Investments: What happens if the account goes up 100% plus?
- How to Increase or Decrease Your Defined Benefit Plan Funding Range
- Target Defined Benefit and Cash Balance Contribution Percentages
- IRS Form 5330: How to Calculate Penalties for Underfunded Plans
- QPRT for Dummies: The #1 Estate Planning Strategy [Step by Step]
- Primary Residence Held in Irrevocable Trust: Our Favorite Strategy
- Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT): Understanding the Pros and Cons
- What is Difference Between Funding at the Target or the Minimum or Maximum?
- Secure Act 2.0 Retirement Plan Tax Credits: A Home Run for Small Business
- Top 10 Estate Tax Planning Strategies
- Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT): The #1 Strategy
- How Entity Structures Impact Retirement Contributions: S-Corps, C-Corps, and Sole Proprietors
- Dental Office Retirement Plans: The Complete Guide
- Retirement Planning for Anesthesiologists: Our Favorite Plan
- Retirement Planning for Radiologists: The #1 Guide
- Retirement Planning for Chiropractors: The #1 Strategy
- Retirement Planning for Lawyers: The $3.5 Million Solution [+ Pitfalls❌]
- Retirement Planning for Dentists: Top Strategies [+ Pitfalls to Avoid❌]
- S-Corp Profit Sharing Plan: The Complete Guide
- Does a Cash Balance Plan Apply to all Employees? The ‘Simple’ Guide
- Free Cash Balance Plan CPE: Here’s Your Best Option
- Retirement Plans for C Corporations ≈ The ‘Simple’ Guide ⚡
- Does a Cash Balance Plan Lower QBI? The Simple Answer
- Cash Balance Plan Consulting: The Best Way to Structure a Plan
- 5 Clever Reasons Why Defined Benefit Plans Work Great for Young People
- Cash Balance Plan Formula: The Easy Calculation [Video]
- Who Contributes to a Cash Balance Plan? [+ How to Maximize]
- How Long Do You Have to Fund a Cash Balance Plan? Complete Guide
- How long do you have to fund a defined benefit plan?
- Who Bears the Risk in a Defined Benefit Plan? [+ Top Hazards❌]
- Defined Benefit Plan Minimum Required Years [3 + 5 Year Limit]
- Defined Benefit Plan Time Horizon: Understanding Plan Permanency
- Underfunded Defined Benefit Plan: The Complete Guide
- Underfunded Cash Balance Plan: What is it and How to Correct
- Defined Benefit Plan Administration: The Role of the TPA
- Defined Benefit Retirement Plan: Benefits, Rules and Requirements
- SECURE Act 2.0 Offers Incentives to Businesses and Employees for Retirement Plans
- Physician in Private Practice: How Does the 401(k) Contribution Work?
- Are Cash Balance Plans Protected by the PBGC? Complete Guide
- Small Business Tax Planning: Top Strategies for 2024 [+ Our Favorite]
- C-Corp Fringe Benefits: The Complete Guide [Updated for 2024]
- Top 10 S-Corporation Disadvantages [+ IRS Red Flags]
- Roth IRA For Self-Employed: Here’s The #1 Tax-Free Strategy
- Deferred Election Cash Balance Plan: What is the Deadline?
- Defined Benefit Plan Eligibility Guide: Rules and Requirements
- Pension Plan Life Insurance: The #1 Way to Structure
- Retirement Planning for Physicians & Doctors ≈ Our #1 Strategy ⚡
- Defined Pension Plans Explained: Rules, Requirements & Benefit
- Cash Balance & Defined Benefit Plans for Dentists: Your #1 Strategy
- Can You Purchase Life Insurance Inside a 401(k) Plan?
- Cash Balance vs. Traditional Pension Plan: An Easy Comparison [ Case Study]
- Life Insurance in a Profit-Sharing Plan: The Complete Guide
- Removing Life Insurance from a Qualified Plan: Determining Fair Market Value
- Tax Treatment of Current Life Insurance to the Qualified Plan Participant
- Tax Treatment of Death Benefits When Paid From Life Insurance Inside a Qualified Plan
- Can you have both a 401(k) and defined benefit plan?
- Pros and Cons of Life Insurance in a Qualified Retirement Plan [+ IRS Pitfalls]
- Restrictions on Amount of Life Insurance in Qualified Retirement Plan: The “Incidental Benefit” Limitation
- Life Insurance Inside a Qualified Retirement Plan: The Quick Step Guide
- Defined Benefit Plan Options: Here are the Top Design Options
- Defined Benefit Plans for Farmers: The #1 Plan Design [+IRS Pitfalls]
- Cash Balance Plan for Farmers: The #1 Way to Structure
- Cash Balance Plan Nondiscrimination Testing: Here’s How It Works!
- Are Cash Balance Plans a Good Idea? We’ll Help You Decide ⚡
- Top 10 Cash Balance Plan Mistakes: How 99% Can ‘Legally’ Avoid
- Cash Balance Plan Lump Sum Payout
- Self-Directed IRA w/ Checkbook Control: Should You Do It?
- RMD Rules for a Solo 401k: The Step-By-Step Guide [Table]
- Solo 401k vs. IRA, LLC
- What is a Solo 401k?
- Beware: Tips to Avoid Solo 401k Non-Compliance
- How One Real Estate Flipper Put $73,000 Into a Solo 401k
- Case Study: Using a Solo 401k to Purchase Tax Liens
- How Do You Start a 401k? Five Simple Steps
- Solo 401k Non-Recourse Loan: Top 10 Things You Need to Know
- The Top 10 Advantages of a Solo 401k Plan [Infographic]
- Solo 401k Provider Review: Don’t Make This Mistake
- Investing Your Solo 401K in Notes & Trust Deeds [Illustration]
- Solo 401k Deadlines: The Critical Dates You Need to Know ⚠
- How to Fund Your Solo 401k: 5 Surprising Options
- Real Estate Investing With a Solo 401k Real Estate: Tips & Tricks
- Solo 401(k) vs SEP IRA: An Easy Comparison
- The Pros and Cons of Self Directed Solo 401k Plans
- Solo 401k Controlled Group Rules: The Quick Guide
- Top Heavy Retirement Plan: What is the Minimum Contribution?
- Correcting Retirement Plan Errors: Critical Tips for Success
- Catch-Up Contribution Rules
- Using Your Real Estate Business to Fund Retirement
- How to Use a Solo 401k When You Only Have Rental Real Estate
- The Complete Guide to Buying Real Estate in a Solo 401K
- UBIT & the Self-Directed IRA: 10 Tax Rules [Template] ✅
- 10% Early Retirement Distribution Penalty: How to Get Out of It
- Structured Settlement: 5 Steps to $1 Million in Savings
- Cash Balance Plan Tax Deduction Strategies: Top 5 + IRS Benefit Limit
- Cash Balance Plan: What is a Hybrid Retirement Plan?
- Cash Balance Plans for Self-Employed: Small Business Guide [+ IRS Pitfalls❌]
- Defined Benefit Plans: Rules, Pros and Cons + FAQs
- [Example] Cash Balance Plan Illustrations: Our Top 3 + IRS Red Flags❌
- Cash Balance Plan Contribution Limits: The 1 Simple Rule
- Life Insurance in a Cash Balance Plan: 3 Simple Steps
- Cash Balance Plan Pros and Cons: The #1 Guide [Table + Video]
- Top Captive Insurance Companies: The Complete Guide
- The Complete Guide to Micro Captive Insurance
- Cash Balance Plan FAQ: The Questions You Never Thought to Ask ✅
- Cash Balance Plan Contribution Deadline for 2024 [Critical Date + Video]
- Form 5500-EZ Example: Complete in a Few Easy Steps!
- Cash Balance Plans For Physicians & Doctors: A ‘How to’ Guide
- Solo Cash Balance Plan: 5 Powerful One Person Strategies!
- 412(e)(3) Defined Benefit Pension Plans: The Complete Guide
- Terminating a Cash Balance Pension Plan: The 10 Step Guide
- Can a Cash Balance Plan be Rolled Over Into an IRA or 401(k)? Rollover Strategies
- What Does a Cash Balance Plan Cost? Pricing & Fees [Table]
- Cash Balance Plan TPA: The #1 Question to Ask an Administrator
- Deadline to Establish a Cash Balance Plan: The Critical Date
- Cash Balance Plan vs 401(k): A Simple Comparison [Table]
- IRS Rules for Cash Balance Plans: 10 Strategies to $3.5M [+ Pitfalls]
- Cash Balance Plan Control Groups: 5 Quick Rules
- The Secret to Using a Solo 401k to Buy a Primary Residence
- Captive Insurance for Dummies: The Complete Guide
- Penalties for Late Filing of Form 5500 or 5500-EZ? Easy Way to Remove
- Cash Balance Plan Actuary: How to Select the Right One
- How to Set Up a Cash Balance Plan: 5 Start Up Steps [+ Who Can Manage]
- Cash Balance Pension Plans: Rules, Benefits [+ Downsides ❌]
- 5 Brilliant Cash Balance Plan Strategies for the Sole Proprietor
- 401(k) Plus Cash Balance Plan: The Little-Known Structure [+ Pitfalls]
- Comparing a Self-Directed Solo 401k With a Self-Directed IRA
- Personal Defined Benefit Plan for Self-Employed: Rules + ‘Mistakes’ to Avoid
- How to Get Life Insurance in a Defined Benefit Plan [Template]
- 5 Brilliant Defined Benefit Plan Tax Deduction Strategies
- SEP IRA vs 401k: A Simple Comparison [Table]
- Cash Balance Plan Providers: How Does Fidelity, Schwab and Vanguard Stack Up?
- Defined Benefit Plan Example ∼ 4 Surprising Illustration Examples
- Solo 401k Calculator for S-Corporations Tips for 2022
- Cash Balance Plan Contribution Limit for 2024 [Age + IRS Maximum]
- Cash Balance Plan for S Corp ≈ The $3.5 Million Rule ⚡
- Defined Benefit Plan TPA: #1 Rule to Selecting the Best [Video]
- Personal Defined Benefit Plan: The #1 Solo Formula
- 10 Best Physician & Doctor Defined Benefit Plan Strategies [Video]
- Defined Benefit Plan Fees: How Much Does a Plan Cost? [+ Low Fee Providers]
- Defined Benefit Plan Set Up Guide: 5 Retirement Start Up Tips
- Deadline to Set Up a Defined Benefit Plan [+ Funding for 2024]
- Defined Benefit Plan for S-Corp ≈ $3.5 Million Rule [+ IRS Pitfalls]
- Defined Benefit vs Defined Contribution Plan: #1 Difference
- Defined Benefit Plans for Law Firms: 3 Surprising Examples
- Can a Defined Benefit Plan be Rolled Over Into an IRA or 401(k)?
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan ≈ 5 Simple Steps to 6 Figures
- Combine a SIMPLE IRA With a Defined Benefit Plan or Cash Balance Plan? Surprising Answer
- Safe Harbor 401(k): The Complete Guide [Infographic]
- Self-Employed Defined Benefit Plan: The #1 Small Business Plan
- Defined Benefit Plan Contribution Limit for 2024: [IRS Age + Solo Maximum]
- S-Corp Salary 60/40 Rule: Reasonable Compensation Guide [+ IRS Pitfalls]
- S-Corp vs Sole Proprietorship Tax Calculator: A Few Easy Steps!
- Wage Compensation for S-Corporation Officers: Pitfalls to Avoid [ #1 Strategy]
- S-Corp Self Employment Tax: How to Calculate [+ Pitfalls to Avoid]
- S-Corp Dividends: Tax Rate, Distribution Options, FAQ [+ IRS Hazards ❌]
- Owners Draw vs Salary: The #1 Strategy to Optimize [+Illustration]
- S-Corp Reasonable Salary: How to Calculate [+ IRS Pitfalls to Avoid]
- How are S-Corp Distributions Taxed? An Easy Guide [+ 1 Simple Rule]
- S Corp vs C Corp: An Easy Comparison [+ IRS Hazards]
- S-Corporation Examples: Here’s Our Top 3 [+ Our Favorite]
- S-Corp Salary 50/50 Rule: Simple Guide [+ IRS Red Flags]
- 2553 Form: Complete in a Few Simple Steps!
- How to Set up an S Corporation: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Can an LLC be taxed as a C-Corp?
- 1099 vs LLC: An Easy Comparison [Table + Case Study]
- How do small business owners pay themselves? Here are your options!