Does Your Employee’s Financial Health Impact Your Bottom-line?

Posted on 21 October 2009

Due in part to the housing crisis, high unemployment and the general economic downturn, many American workers are under a considerable amount of financial stress. The question for the small business owner is, “Does my employee’s financial health and related stress impact my company’s net income?”

Selecting and Monitoring Mutual Funds

Posted on 29 August 2009

Have you ever been to an unfamiliar city and stopped for directions on how to get to your final destination? If you were to ask several local citizens, you would likely receive multiple and even different detailed expressions of these directions. The difficulty then becomes deciphering which “direction” will get us there quickly and with a minimal number of “wrong” turns. As investors your destinations are slightly different yet you commonly use similar investment vehicles (mutual funds) to travel this path. Each of you plan and hope to reach your goals quickly and with minimal risk.

Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plans

Posted on 24 August 2009

How then can companies give key employees such as corporate officers an opportunity to contribute more dollars on a pretax basis? One alternative is for the employer to establish a non-qualified deferred compensation plan. Such plans give employers a tool that enables them to legally discriminate against non-highly compensated staff. As a matter for fact, in non-qualified deferred compensation plans, employers are required to discriminate at some level.

Selecting a Long-term Care Policy

Posted on 24 August 2009

In this article we will explore how to select a long-term care policy that will meet your needs at a reasonable cost. In future articles, we will spend some time reviewing how business owners can purchase long-term care in a tax advantage manner.

Deducting Your Long-term Care Insurance Premiums

Posted on 24 August 2009

Business owners actually have the opportunity in many cases to purchase long-term care insurance in a tax advantage way to their companies. In many cases, all or a portion of the premium paid by the business on behalf of the executive is tax-deductible at the business level, and not considered taxable income to the employee receiving the coverage.

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Fiduciary

The Fee War: The Impact of Fees on a Participant’s Future Benefits

Posted on 09 March 2010

Chris Carosa, of the Fiduciary News Blog, recently wrote about an ongoing industry conversation that he refers to as a “401(k) Fee War.” In this article, Chris references the significant attention being paid to mutual fund expenses for 401(k) investment options.  As an industry observer, I too have noticed that the attention being paid to [...]

Financial Education

Does Your Employee’s Financial Health Impact Your Bottom-line?

Posted on 21 October 2009

Due in part to the housing crisis, high unemployment and the general economic downturn, many American workers are under a considerable amount of financial stress. The question for the small business owner is, “Does my employee’s financial health and related stress impact my company’s net income?”

Long-term Care

Selecting a Long-term Care Policy

Posted on 24 August 2009

In this article we will explore how to select a long-term care policy that will meet your needs at a reasonable cost. In future articles, we will spend some time reviewing how business owners can purchase long-term care in a tax advantage manner.

Non-qualified Plans

Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plans

Posted on 24 August 2009

How then can companies give key employees such as corporate officers an opportunity to contribute more dollars on a pretax basis? One alternative is for the employer to establish a non-qualified deferred compensation plan. Such plans give employers a tool that enables them to legally discriminate against non-highly compensated staff. As a matter for fact, in non-qualified deferred compensation plans, employers are required to discriminate at some level.

Important Disclosure

Dean Piccirillo offers insurance products through HBK Sorce Insurance LLC, investment advisory services are offered through HBK Sorce Advisory LLC. Mr. Piccirillo is not able to transact business in a state that he is not licensed or registered. NOT FDIC INSURED. NOT BANK GUARANTEED. MAY LOSE VALUE, INCLUDING LOSS OF PRINCIPLE. NOT INSURED BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY.