Life, Accident and Health Insurance Exam With Complete Solution

Life, Accident and Health Insurance Exam With Complete Solution Qualified Plan - ANSWER -approved by IRS for favorable tax treatment - tax deffered growth Qualified Plan Requirements - ANSWER 1) Be in writing 2)provided for benefit of employee 3) must satisfy age and serive standards 4) cannot be discriminatory 5) contributions cannot exceed yearly maximus 6) must provide survivorship benefits 7) must meet miniumum vesting standards 8) cannot be top heavy Advantages of Qualified plans - ANSWER - employer and employee contributions are tax deductivble and accumulate tax deferred - Withdrawls before 59.5 is a 10% penalty - must begin miniumum distributions by age 70.5 Qualified Plan distributions - ANSWER - taxable upon withdrawl - 10% penalty upon withdrawl before 59.6 - can take out w/o penalty if death, divorce, qualified financial hardship, p lan loan or qualified rollover, 1st time home buyer, disability of owner - if you take out the money early, its a 20% penalty - must rollover w/in 60 days or its considered a premature distribution Penalty for Withdrawl of Qualified Plan - ANSWER - a 10% penalry plus applicable state and federal taxes IRA IIndividual Retirement Account) - ANSWER - all individuals who ha ve earned income - possible tax deductions - tax deferral of gains - Can contribute up to 5,000 - can add 1,000 "catch up" if over 50 Education IRA - ANSWER - method to provide funding - Can be transferred to another IRA at 30 Section 529 Plans - ANSWER - state provided - can be funded by after tax dollars - can pay prepaid tuition - All earnings exempt from federal taxes - If withdrawn for unqualified withdrawl, 10% penalty Roth IRA - ANSWER - Allows owner to make non tax deductible contributions - to get withdrawls tax free, the account must be in existence for 5 years - can add money tax free up to 5k - distributions are tax free - account is only allowed for people who's income does not exceed a certain amount SEP IRA (simplified Employee Pension Plan) - ANSWER - employer sponsored IRA for small employers - contrinutions deductible to employer - Employee must have worked for 3 of last 5 years - contributions by employer cant exceed 49k or 25% of income, whichever is lesser - contributions for employees cant exceed 16,500 Keogh Plan - ANSWER - self employed and employees - replaced by SEPs 401k Plan - ANSWER - allows employees to save for retirement tax free - money is taken out pre-tax, and can be matched (and deductible to employwer) - Withdrawl penalty of 10% prior to age 59.5 - Miniumum distributions by age 70.5 - 2011 max was 16,500 403(b)/tax-sheltered Annuity - ANSWER - availbale for employees of nonprofits, schools universities, churches & hospitals - just like 401k plans 457 Deffered Compensation - ANSWER - available for employess of state and local govt -the plan is owned by employer Profit Plan - ANSWER - part of defined contribitution plan - annual profits shared among employees - no guarantee of payment Pension Plan - ANSWER Retirement Plan that calculates benefit based upon years of service and income averages ESOP - ANSWER - employee stock ownership plan - defined contribution plan that provides employer stock to employees based on income and profits of company Defined Benefit Plan - ANSWER - indicates amount of future benefit, based up on years of service and avg income Defined Contribution Plan - ANSWER - indicates amount of contribution from employer without knowing the benefit What is taxable in an IRA - ANSWER - both the contributions and the growth or earni ngs How much can you contribute to an IRA - ANSWER 100% of earnings or not to exceed 5,000 Until What age can you contribute to an IRA - ANSWER 70.5 Group Insurance - ANSWER - consist of term life insurance or whole insurance - the employer is the owner and receives the master contract - the employees are cirtificate holders which outlines the details of it - underwriting is much more liberal because its a large group and probably wont have adverse selection - offered only 1x per year - if you want to get in at another time, employee has to show insurability Can any group form an insurance plan - ANSWER NO , you need a common bond (eg trade association) Group Plan Insurance Conversion - ANSWER - can convert within 31 days without proof of insurability, if they leave - You normally convert to a universal life polity - pricing is based on age - the employer still ows the policy but he cant name the beneficiaries Group Life insurance Premiums - ANSWER - employer pays all of it (non-contributory plan) - Contributory - employee pays all of it - but 75% of employees have to participate Group Life Insurance Premiums Tax issues - ANSWER - The beneficiary still recieves the death benefit tax free and its still an employer expense (tax deductible) but if the insurance is over 50k, the employee counts the premium paid by the employer as income Social Security - ANSWER - employee and employer pay 7.65% of their payroll - Self employed pay 15.3% What are the benefits of Social Security - ANSWER - provides for retirement check - provides for disability