Intermediate Accounting, 10 Ed
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ISBN: 9781260310177
Author: Mark W. Nelson, Wayne B. Thomas J. David Spiceland
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Pension Plans: It refers a plan that is formulated to provide earnings to the employees during their retirement period. As per the plan, a certain amount of funds is kept aside during the employees’ working period so that the employee could get the accumulated funds plus earnings on investing those funds during his/her retirement period as a replacement of his/her wages.
To explain: the special tax treatment for the qualified pension plans and what qualifies a pension plans for these benefits.
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