Sunday, October 13, 2013

Various Types Of Pension Options

Various Types Of Pension Options

By George Dodson


In the 21st century, a lot of us choose employment in order to meet our basic needs. With years of employment, we become experienced in the job we are doing. With age, we realize we ought to save for our future when we can no longer work anymore. In order to do that, we must have a way of partially replacing the income we had when we were working.

There are many methods of doing this. Preparing for the future by working your entire life is one of them. Some people sort out a plan that acts like a salary by bringing in income when they have retired. These are referred to as pension schemes.

A description of various pension plans that exist

The first plan is the Designed Benefit Pension Plan. A fixed sum of money is paid periodically after retirement that is arrived at by using formula that helps determine your aggregate pension benefits.

Under this plan, the company uses three types of formula for determining benefits. There is a flat benefit formula. This means you get a fixed amount per year of your service. The next formula is the best earning average. This simply means your pension will adjust according to what you have earned over a certain period. As an example, it might figure 3% of your average earnings over a 7-year period. Finally, you have the career average-earning formula. You will receive a fixed percentage of your annual earnings.

Another pension scheme type is the Defined contribution pension plan that pays a standard amount from the persons salary into an investment account periodically. The sum of the amount in the account differs according to third party sources that add to it and the interest you receive on that amount.

Only the 2 aforementioned schemes are registered. Other pension schemes do exist but these vary with your business performance and affect your pension benefits that way.




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