Profit-sharing plan

Profit-sharing plan A plan that allows employees to share in their company's profits. A company offering such a plan could distribute cash to employees or put money into a tax-deferred retirement plan for later use.

Profit-sharing plan
A retirement plan funded by employer contributions that are based on a share of the company's profits.

Profit-sharing plans: Employers can make annual contributions to a retirement plan if they wish. Each year, your employer decides what percentage of its profits to contribute to the profit-sharing plan.

Profit-sharing plan
An incentive system providing that employees share in company profits through a cash fund or a deferred plan used to buy stock or bonds.

Profit-sharing plans: Type of corporate retirement plan in which contributions are made out of net profits, either based on a precise formula or merely made in substantial and systematic way.

Age-Weighted Profit-Sharing Plan (insurance term)
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An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) form with which an individual reports his or her distributions from annuities, profit-sharing plans, retirement plans, IRAs, insurance contracts and/or pensions.

A Keogh works like the typical corporate-defined benefit or profit-sharing plans, but is specifically for non-incorporated businesses. Basically, you can sock away up to 25% of your after-tax earnings for up to $30,000 a year.

Professional responsible for the securities portfolio of an individual or institutional investor, such as a mutual fund, pension fund, profit-sharing plan, bank trust department, or insurance company.

Portfolio Manager - A person who manages another's portfolio. Also a person who manages a mutual fund, pension fund, profit-sharing plan,
or bank trust.

An employee defers part of his or her salary into a deferred compensation plan. The money grows tax-free until it is withdrawn, at which time taxes are owed. Deferred compensation plans are part of pension, stock option, and profit-sharing plans.

The same is true with any annuity or profit-sharing plan as well. At the same time, the employer must work within a specified set of options when it comes to setting the terms and conditions for vesting.

One advantage of defined contribution plans, such as 401(k)s, 403(b)s, 457s, and profit-sharing plans, is that you often have some control over how your retirement dollars are invested.

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Profit-Sharing Plan
A qualified retirement plan established by an employer for the benefit of its employees and their beneficiaries in which contributions may vary each year according to the corporation's actual profits.
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stock bonus plan A profit-sharing plan that delivers benefits to employees in the form of stock rather than cash. stock buyback See buyback. stock certificate A document reflecting legal ownership of a specific number of stock shares in..

See also: Profit, Investment, Pension, Retirement, Benefit