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Qualified Pension Plans


Total Credits: 1 including 1 Specialized Knowledge - Technical

Average Rating:
   4
Categories:
Partner Produced
Speaker:
Mary Read, CPC, QPA, CPFA
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
1 Hour
License:

Dates


Description

Learn about qualified plan options beyond 401(k) plans for your clients.  Ways to get greater deductions and more of the benefits to the business owner.  A well-designed plan may not “cost” the owner anything for the employees.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Understand the benefits and features of different types of plans to have an exploratory conversation with your clients.

Major Subjects
  • Plan Design
  • Defined Benefit Plans
  • Cash Balance/401(k) Combination Designs

Course Materials

Speaker

Mary Read, CPC, QPA, CPFA Related Seminars and Products

National Director of Pension and Protection Planning

Planning Pentegra Retirement Services


Mary Read CPC, QPA, CPFA is National Director of Pension and Protection Planning at Pentegra Retirement Services and partner of M & R Business Development Group. A leading authority in qualified retirement plans with more than 30 years’ experience, Mary has an extensive background in plan design and development and experience as a marketing executive, financial professional, pension analyst and pension compliance manager for an international company.

Before joining, Pentegra Mary was Vice President Qualified Plan Marketing for National Life Insurance Company. National Life Insurance Company supports career and independent producers in qualified plan sales and has been dedicated to writing qualified plan business for more than 65 years. Prior to joining National Life Mary was a Pension Consultant with an actuarial consulting firm, and previously was Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Retirement Planning for MONY Life Insurance Company of New York.

Mary is a frequent speaker on qualified plans and contributor to industry publications. Among her credits, she has taught pension classes across the country for major financial institutions and been a featured speaker at national meetings for the Society of Financial Service Professionals, AALU, LIMRA, MDRT and the Forum 400.

Mary is the author of three books: My Business is My Main Asset. I Want to Retire. Benefiting from a Plan, 412(e)(3) Safe. Stable. Secure and How to Use the Tax Code to Get the IRS Out of Your Retirement. Mary holds the Certified Pension Consultant (CPC) and Qualified Plan Administrator (QPA) designations from the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries and Qualified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA) designation from the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA). Mary provides CPE credit to CPAs as a NASBA National Registry of CPE Sponsor.


Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites

None


Advanced Preparation

None


Designed For

CPAs and advisors who work with small business owners

 


Original Recording Date 09/2022
Yellow Book

No


Course Developer

MICPA


Date Added to Catalog

08/22/2022


Additional Information

Complaint Resolution Policy

Please contact Anne Taylor for any complaints.  anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199).


Official Registry Statement

Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org


Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


Refund/Cancellation Policy

Please contact the ACPEN help desk 1-877-602-9877 or help@acpen.com if you wish to cancel your attendance for a previously purchased webcast and are requesting a refund or transfer.


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