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Analyzing Traditional Retirement Plans

There are some traditional plans in the mainstream.

While we discuss the mainstream, keep an open mind. There is no one size fits all solution or plan. Learn about the options that will fit your personal needs and do not jump on the first insurance policy or pension plan that the salesperson at work or in the neighborhood offers you. Finding the right solutions is a delicate balance of Asset Protection, long-term health care, reduced taxation, wealth accumulation and succession passing.

On another note, this analysis is not about ERISA except to say that ERISA qualified plans are generally protected from creditors and bankruptcy. However, ERISA is still going through many legal interpretations. Click here to read about ERISA.

Employer Provided Retirement Plans

Workers have shown a continual decline in confidence in Employer Provided Retirement Plans.

ERISA Qualified Plans

The IRS does not have a definition of what is considered "qualified." Here are the current qualified plans.

1) 401(k)
2) Profit Sharing Plan
3) Money Purchase Plan
4) New Comparability Plan
5) Defined Benefit Plan
6) 412(i) Defined Benefit Plan

If the plan falls out of qualification with ERISA laws, the courts and the IRS will be the eventual arbiters of disputes.

Non-ERISA Plans and IRAs

This becomes a state-by-state matter. Jere are examples of plans that do not qualify for ERISA protection.

1) Simplified Employee Pension Plans (SEPs)
2) Keogh Plans
3) IRAs

It should be noted that any protection method onshore is not fool proof in preventing Charging Orders or judgments against these assets.

 
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