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  2. What’s a Defined Benefit Plan? Pros, Cons and How It ... - AOL

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    Types of Defined Benefit Plans. Defined benefit plans can take several forms, such as: Pension plan: The most common type of defined benefit plan is a pension. It provides guaranteed income based ...

  3. Defined benefit pension plan - Wikipedia

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    Defined benefit (DB) pension plan is a type of pension plan in which an employer/sponsor promises a specified pension payment, lump-sum, or combination thereof on retirement that depends on an employee's earnings history, tenure of service and age, rather than depending directly on individual investment returns.

  4. Retirement plans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Retirement plans are classified as either defined benefit plans or defined contribution plans, depending on how benefits are determined.. In a defined benefit (or pension) plan, benefits are calculated using a fixed formula that typically factors in final pay and service with an employer, and payments are made from a trust fund specifically dedicated to the plan.

  5. Should I Get a Defined Benefit or Defined Contribution Plan?

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    Defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans are two employer-sponsored ways of helping to provide employees with a comfortable retirement. The difference between them lies primarily in ...

  6. Pension - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, defined benefit plans for employers have been administered by institutions which exist specifically for that purpose, by large businesses, or, for government workers, by the government itself. A traditional form of defined benefit plan is the final salary plan, under which the pension paid is equal to the number of years worked ...

  7. Best retirement plans for the self-employed - AOL

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    The self-employed have several plan options, including defined contribution plans such as a solo 401(k), SEP IRA and SIMPLE IRA. But they also have some defined benefit options, too.

  8. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Wikipedia

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    The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) prohibits a health benefit plan from refusing to cover an employee's pre-existing medical conditions in some circumstances. It also bars health benefit plans from certain types of discrimination on the basis of health status, genetic information, or disability.

  9. Defined contribution plan - Wikipedia

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    A defined contribution (DC) plan is a type of retirement plan in which the employer, employee or both make contributions on a regular basis. [1] Individual accounts are set up for participants and benefits are based on the amounts credited to these accounts (through employee contributions and, if applicable, employer contributions) plus any investment earnings on the money in the account.