Most executives who get access to a nonqualified deferred compensation plan treat it like a bonus perk. They sign the ...

Executives who spend years building up a non-qualified deferred compensation balance often assume it’s safe because it shows ...

Every year, thousands of corporate executives face a hard deadline: before December 31, they must decide irrevocably how much ...

Deferred compensation allows individuals to delay receiving part of their income until a future date, often during retirement. This strategy is appealing for retirement savings and tax management, as ...

Benjamin Harvey CFP®, CPWA®, ChFC®, CLU® Founder and Private Wealth Advisor, Summation Wealth Group To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in ...

Merrill Lynch’s deferred incentive compensation program for financial advisers isn’t governed by ERISA, the Fourth Circuit ...

An employer can take an income tax expense deduction for nonqualified deferred compensation only when it is includable in the employee’s income, regardless of whether the employer is on a cash or ...

Deferred compensation is a retirement savings plan that allows employees to set aside a portion of their income to be paid out at a future date, which is typically during retirement. The Nevada ...

It’s early days in what is shaping up to be a long, costly slog of a legal battle between Morgan Stanley and former advisors over who controls valuable deferred compensation money, the firm or ...

Firms love deferred compensation. After all, it is your money they are deferring, not their own. Just try asking your firm to defer taking its share of your gross commission. These “golden handcuffs” ...