Retirement Plans - Descriptions & Explanations

BenefitPlace is working to assist Brokers, Employers, Employees, and Individuals to better understand the process of Retirement Planning and the options available. The whole retirement scene has changed and many American Workers and Individuals find the process an ongoing mystery.

BenefitPlace also offers the link: BP Trade Show to provide additional access to providers of Plans, Programs, and Services.

Among the different types of Retirement Plans, there are Government-Sponsored Plans, Personal Plans, Annuities, and Employer-Sponsored Plans.

These Plans Include:

           Government-Sponsored Plans
             Social Security
        Personal Plans
              IRA
              Roth IRA
      Annuities
              Fixed
              Variable
               Indexed
        Employer-Sponsored Plans
              Defined Benefit Plans (DB)
              Defined Contribution Plans (DC)
                   Deferred Compensation
                   401(k)
                   403(b)
                   412(i)
                   457(b)
                   Profit Sharing
                   SIMPLE Plans
                   ESOP
                   Simplified Employee Pensions (SEPS)
                   Money Purchase Pension Plans

BenefitPlace highly recommends working with well qualified plan consultants, as well as accountants and attorneys when establishing and maintaining a Retirement Plan. Given the number of choices, regulations, tax ramifications, and administrative regulations, etc., it is extremely important to work with experts who understand Individual, Family, Employer, and Employee capacities and intensions combined with future financial needs.

Click on Financial Planning for Links to Directories of Retirement Consultants.