Presenter: Brad Wexler,

QPA, QKA, QPFC610.251.0670

www.tycorbenefit.com

November 15, 2012

BEYOND THE 401(k)THE CASH

BALANCE PLAN

A guide to helping your clients

-Accelerate Retirement Savings

-Reduce Their Tax Obligations

AGENDA

• 2012 Cash Balance Research Report Highlights

• What’s Driving Growth?

• Taking Advantage of Growth Trends

• What’s Ahead? Impact of Election, IRS Regulations and Beyond

CASH BALANCE OVERVIEW

• Best of Both Worlds

• 401(k)

• FLEXIBILITY

• PORTABILITY

• SIMPLICITY

• Defined Benefit- High Contribution Limits

• Hybrid

CASH BALANCE ACCOUNTS

• Participants Have Accounts

• Accounts Grow By Employer Contribution & Interest Crediting Rate (ICR)

• Accounts Are Portable

CB GROWTH EXCEEDED PROJECTIONS!!!

• 2010- CASH BALANCE PLAN GROWTH RATE UP 21% (11% IN 2009) *

• 2010- 401(k) PLANS DOWN 1% *

*data analysis using: IRS Form 5500 filings, 2001-2010, DOL data

DECLINE OF TRADITIONAL Defined Benefit CONTINUES

• Interest Rate Risk Issues

• Volatile Costs

• Difficult For Participants To Understand

• Uneven Contributions To Employees

• Portability Issues

• Funding Issues

GROWTH DRIVER FOR CBPP#1-PPA 2006

• Official IRS Approved

• Added Clarity AND Simplified Administration

GROWTH DRIVER FOR CBPP#2-RETIREMENT SAVINGS CRISIS

• Longevity Challenges Traditional Models

• Decline of Traditional Income Sources (Social Security, Pensions)

• Market Losses and Volatility

• Rapidly Rising Retiree Healthcare Costs

IMPACT OF LONGEVITY

• 1950-Retirement Lasted About 3.5 Years

• Retirees Today Need To Fund 20-30 Years of Retirement

• Cash Balance Advantage- Age-Weighted Limits, Double or Triple Pre-Tax Retirement Savings

FASTEST WAY TO “CATCH UP”

2012 Combined Contributions Limits

(salary > $250k)

AGE 401(k) Profit

Sharing

Cash Balance Total * Tax Savings

60-65 $55,500 $242.451 $297,951 $119,180

55-59 $55,500 $175,672 $231,172 $92,469

50-54 $55,500 $127,386 $182,886 $73,154

45-49 $50,000 $92,447 $142,447 $56,979

40-44 $50,000 $64,922 $114,922 $45,969

35-39 $50,000 $46,838 $96,838 $38,735

30-34 $50,000 $33,834 $83,834 $33,534

*assuming 40% state/federal taxes

GROWTH DRIVER FOR CBPP#3-TAX ANXIETY

• HIGHER THE TAXES… More Valuable The Contribution

GROWTH DRIVER FOR CBPP#4-

AWARENESS

• No Longer a WELL Kept Secret

• Dominating the News

SUMMARY: A PERFECT STORM

• Retirements Savings Gap

• Legislative Changes

• Public Awareness, Media Coverage

• Tax Climate

CASH BALANCE AND SMALL BUSINESS

• 84% have less than 100 employees

• Cost efficiency and tax efficiency

• Ideal for owners who have sunk most assets into their business and are behind on retirement

• Asset protection (in the case of lawsuit or bankruptcy)

• Attracting and retaining key employees

• Succession planning for family businesses

Who is an Ideal Candidate?

• Business owners with income greater than $250,000 and consistent profits

• Boomers who need to squeeze 20 years of retirement into the next 10 yrs

• Businesses with a new comparability plan

• Professional services firms, including medical groups, CPAs, law firms and financial services

• Successful family businesses and closely held businesses

WHAT’S AHEAD?

• November Election Impact of Outcome

• Deficit Reduction Proposals

• New Cash Balance Regulations

• Health Care Reform

• Economy And Market Volatility

ELECTION ISSUES AND CONCERNS

• Tax-deferred Retirement Plans Under Scrutiny

• Deficit Reduction Proposals- Capping Combined 401(k) & Profit Sharing Contributions at $20K or 20% of Income

• Raising Age Of Social Security Eligibility

• Push For “Lifetime Income” Options and Guaranteed Retirement Income

GOOD NEWS FOR CASHBALANCE PLANS

• Lower 401(k) limit would increase demand for cash balance plans

• Congressional focus on weaknesses of the 401(k) system draws attention to the role of cash balance plans

• Annuity options and the “safe money” aspect of cash balance plans =

Greater Political Interest

HEALTHCARE REFORM AND PHYSICIAN SAVINGS

• Uncertainty over impact on physician income

• Tax and income concerns=

greater push for tax-deferred retirement savings

• Medical groups still adopting cash balance plans at much higher rates than all other business

NEW CASH BALANCE RULES

• Net positive for cash balance plan sponsors

• Greater flexibility and simplicity

• Clarification of “Market Rate of Return”

• IRS currently waiting for response to industry input, but all signs indicate strong IRS support of cash balance plans

IMPACT ON CASH BALANCE GROWTH

• IRS thumbs up for cash balance plans

• More ICR options

• Some funding issues minimized

• Higher awareness of cash balance plans

• Continued strong cash balance growth driven by political/economic currents, tax climate, IRS rules

HOW CAN TYCOR HELP?

• Learn more…

• Call us at 610.251.0670

• Can set up by 12/31/12

and make effective retro to 1/1/12

• Free Cash Balance Design- See Flyer

• Ask for a 2nd Opinion

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