Union Launches Petition Drive to Protect Post Offices, Mail Processing Centers, Service Standards The battle over the future of the Postal Service — and our jobs — has reached a critical stage: Key senators are meeting behind closed doors in an effort to produce a compromise bill to address the USPS financial crisis. It is [...]
Jubilation about the German deal to save the euro could prove short-lived if fresh news of Greek tax evasion gains wider currency. There are more Porsche Cayennes registered in Greece than taxpayers declaring an income of 50,000 euros (£43,800) or more, according to research by Professor Herakles Polemarchakis, former head of the Greek prime minister’s economic [...]
Matters are turning serious. Italy’s labour minister Maurizio Sacconi has just warned that a rushed shake-up of the labour market – as demanded by the EU – risks setting off a fresh cycle of terrorism in the country. Here is the story from Il Sole. “We must stop creating tension over labour reform which could [...]
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Few things could be more bizarre, or humiliating, than the sight of eurozone political leaders kowtowing to the Chinese in the hope that a few crumbs might fall from the dragon's table to help prop up the newly enhanced European Financial Stability Facility. The Chinese threaten to extract a high price; security for their money, [...]
The White House Ornament has been on sale at select post offices since October 13, 2011. Press Release from USPS WASHINGTON — The Postal Service has teamed with one of the nation’s leading companies producing decorative and commercial products to sell the 2011 White House Holiday Ornament at approximately 7,000 Post Offices across the country. [...]
Credit default swaps (CDS) are supposed to serve as a form of insurance against default. A sovereign CDS provides insurance against a country defaulting. If such insurance is not available, then companies and investors, wishing to insure themselves against the possibility of a country defaulting, will either have to reduce their exposure to such an [...]
Vince Cable, the Business Secretary and outspoken scourge of tax avoidance, admits it is a "bit embarassing" he has become Britain’s first Cabinet Minister to be fined for failing to pay tax. You would need a heart of stone not to laugh. But leading accountants took a kinder view and said it is easy to be [...]
Fewer than 5pc of savers who buy an annuity can afford any inflation protection for their pensions, experts point out, compared to 100pc indexation in the public sector. Attempts to cut the cost of public sector index-linked pensions by switching them from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), which usually [...]
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The IRS recently released the October interest rates for pension plans. What do they hold in store for plan sponsors? This post summarizes some of the important rates along with our observations. Funding Segment Rates The interest rates used to determine pension plan liabilities for IRS funding purposes are composed of three segment rates (unless [...]
. CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Recent Posts Saving the U.S . Postal Service Path to Debt Stabilization : A Comparison of Debt Triggers Tracker Updated With Two Plans From Last Week Social Security COLA Increase Democrats Target Oil and Other Fossil Fuel Subsidies Growing Support for Go Big Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Releases Budget Proposal Last Minute Recommendations to the Super Committee By month October 2011 32 September 2011 47 August 2011 52 July 2011 61 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 April 2011 55 March 2011 68 February 2011 55 January 2011 59 December 2010 46 November 2010 60 All Archives By Keyword Budget Process and Rules 183 Budget Projections 123
: CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Recent Posts Saving the U.S . Postal Service Path to Debt Stabilization : A Comparison of Debt Triggers Tracker Updated With Two Plans From Last Week Social Security COLA Increase Democrats Target Oil and Other Fossil Fuel Subsidies Growing Support for Go Big Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Releases Budget Proposal Last Minute Recommendations to the Super Committee By month October 2011 32 September 2011 47 August 2011 52 July 2011 61 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 April 2011 55 March 2011 68 February 2011 55 January 2011 59 December 2010 46 November 2010 60 All Archives By Keyword Budget Process and Rules 183 Budget Projections 123
The IRS just announced the 2012 retirement plan benefit limits and we’re finally going to see some (very) modest increases after 3 years of flat rates. What does it all mean for employer-sponsored retirement plans? This post analyzes the practical effects for both defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) plans, followed by a table [...]
We often hear the question “why should I contribute to a qualified retirement plan if tax rates might go up”? Good question; here’s why: you’ll probably end up with more money after tax. That’s true even if tax rates go up in the future. How much more you’ll end up with depends on your investment [...]
Nonqualified deferred compensation plans are a common feature of executive pay packages. They’re a great choice in the right conditions, i.e. when: The executive’s share of company profits is very small, and The executive is willing to shoulder the employer’s credit risk, and Providing the benefits through a qualified plan would be too expensive. But [...]
Many successful companies (especially professional firms like medical groups and law firms) are considering whether to increase retirement plan deductions for 2011. This post highlights the action steps to take while there’s still time. Note: We’ll be focusing on cross-tested profit sharing plans and cash balance plans. These plans allow owners to make large tax-deferred [...]