Throughout your working years, you have built up a huge nest egg of retirement savings, probably a joint account with your spouse. However, what happens to this 401k plan if you go through a divorce? If you undergo a divorce, your spouse and any dependents are eligible for a share of your 401k retirement savings. …
Defined Benefit Pension Plans are the traditional pension plans where both you and your employer withhold a certain amount of your gross wage, manage it until retirement and this guarantees you a specified monthly income for life, upon your official retirement. The total monthly payment you will receive depends on how long you have worked, …
While many investment advisers recommend that all workers contribute at least 10 percent of their paycheck to a 401k plan, it is possible to invest too much in the plan. If contributing to your 401k plan interferes with your ability to build an emergency fund or meet your regular obligations, you might want to scale …
Cliff Vesting is when vesting of 401k retirement accounts occurs all at once, rather than a gradual phased out period of time. Instead of a percentage of your employer’s 401k match-up contributions being vested over a phased out period of time, the vesting will occur all at once after a certain period of time, e.g …
Introduction In the reforms brought about by the Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA), a new concept called the 401k catch up contributions was introduced. 401k Catch Up contributions allow retirement participants over the age of 50 to contribute extra payments each year ($5000 in the year 2006). This move was done …
A Blackout Period (limited or denied access) in terms of 401k retirement plans is an average of 60 days of the year during which plan participants are NOT allowed to modify the structure and covenants of their 401k retirement plans. For example, if the job of 401k administrator is being moved from one bank to …
