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While technically "deferred compensation" is any arrangement where an employee receives wages after they have earned them, the more common use of the phrase refers to "non-qualified" deferred compensation and a specific part of the tax code that provides a special benefit to corporate executives and other highly compensated corporate employees.
The 457 plan is a type of nonqualified, [1] [2] tax advantaged deferred-compensation retirement plan that is available for governmental and certain nongovernmental employers in the United States. The employer provides the plan and the employee defers compensation into it on a pre tax or after-tax (Roth) basis.
A non-qualified deferred compensation plan or agreement simply defers the payment of a portion of the employee's compensation to a future date. The amounts are held back (deferred) while the employee is working for the company, and are paid out to the employee when he or she separates from service, becomes disabled, dies, etc.
When your pension matures, there are multiple distribution options that you can choose from. Unfortunately, many of these distribution methods result in a tax liability that reduces your payout.
You can expect to pay taxes, though, on any tax-deferred investment accounts. This includes self-directed traditional IRAs and SEP IRAs as well as employer-sponsored plans like a 401(k), 403(b)s ...
By delaying your compensation, you’re simultaneously able to save for retirement and reduce your tax burden for the current year by lowering your taxable income. Deferred compensation plans are ...
Some employers may disallow one, several, or all of the previous hardship causes. To maintain the tax advantage for income deferred into a 401(k), the law stipulates the restriction that unless an exception applies, money must be kept in the plan or an equivalent tax deferred plan until the employee reaches 59 + 1 ⁄ 2 years of age.
Deferred compensation plans in the US often have the benefit of employers' matching all or part of the employee contribution. In the US, Internal Revenue Code section 409A regulates the treatment for federal income tax purposes of “nonqualified deferred compensation”, the timing of deferral elections and of distributions. [26]