Method and apparatus for modeling and executing deferred award instrument plan
First Claim
1. A method for identifying and administering a deferred award instrument plan through a computer system in order to reduce individual income and estate taxes, said method comprising the steps of:
- identifying at least one employee for an employer in said deferred award plan;
retrieving financial data related to a deferred compensation plan and to an employee welfare benefit plan corresponding to said identified employee;
computing a spread associated with said deferred compensation plan;
establishing a rabbi trust with said spread;
determining whether an individual life insurance policy has been purchased by said employee, said life insurance policy combining features of said deferred compensation plan and said employee welfare benefit plan;
enabling under control of said employer said employer to purchase investments through said purchased life insurance policy;
determining whether a spilt dollar agreement has been executed;
monitoring whether said employer has paid at least one premium for said life insurance policy; and
notifying said employee that a payment associated with said life insurance policy has been paid;
allowing said employee to borrow funds accumulated in said life insurance policy up to a limit set forth in said split dollar agreement, said limit reflecting a level of compensation according to said deferred compensation plan; and
reporting to said employee an amount of tax savings;
representing said deferred award instrument plan by;
inputting models factors based on actual performance;
retrieving human resource data;
retrieving deferred compensation data and employee welfare benefit data;
retrieving fair market value information relating to deferred compensation and employee welfare benefit data;
computing company cost and length of program; and
storing said retrieved and computed data.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to the administration of various deferred compensation programs that can effectively reduce an individual'"'"'s income or estate tax by assisting a company in the identification of appropriate employees, and through the use of a novel modeling method and apparatus to implement a deferred compensation program through a novel Rabbi Trust maintenance plan that permits the employees to benefit from their deferred compensation (such as stock options or life insurance benefits), while having a minimal financial impact on the company.
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1. A method for identifying and administering a deferred award instrument plan through a computer system in order to reduce individual income and estate taxes, said method comprising the steps of:
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identifying at least one employee for an employer in said deferred award plan;
retrieving financial data related to a deferred compensation plan and to an employee welfare benefit plan corresponding to said identified employee;
computing a spread associated with said deferred compensation plan;
establishing a rabbi trust with said spread;
determining whether an individual life insurance policy has been purchased by said employee, said life insurance policy combining features of said deferred compensation plan and said employee welfare benefit plan;
enabling under control of said employer said employer to purchase investments through said purchased life insurance policy;
determining whether a spilt dollar agreement has been executed;
monitoring whether said employer has paid at least one premium for said life insurance policy; and
notifying said employee that a payment associated with said life insurance policy has been paid;
allowing said employee to borrow funds accumulated in said life insurance policy up to a limit set forth in said split dollar agreement, said limit reflecting a level of compensation according to said deferred compensation plan; and
reporting to said employee an amount of tax savings;
representing said deferred award instrument plan by;
inputting models factors based on actual performance;
retrieving human resource data;
retrieving deferred compensation data and employee welfare benefit data;
retrieving fair market value information relating to deferred compensation and employee welfare benefit data;
computing company cost and length of program; and
storing said retrieved and computed data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10)
converting said human resource data to a deferred award instrument plan format.
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3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:
converting said deferred compensation data to a deferred award instrument plan format.
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4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:
inputting weighing indicators corresponding to said model factors.
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5. The method as claimed in claim 4 further comprising:
displaying at least a predetermined portion of said retrieved and stored data based on said weighing indicators.
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10. The method of claim 1, wherein said employee welfare benefit plan is a 419 employee welfare benefit plan.
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6. A system for implementing a deferred award instrument plan comprising:
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a processor;
memory operationally attached to said processor;
an input device operationally attached to said processor;
a display device operationally attached to said processor;
an identifier for identifying at least one employee for an employer in said deferred award plan;
a retrieving unit for retrieving financial data related to a deferred compensation plan and employee welfare benefit plan;
a processor for computing a spread associated with at least one of said deferred compensation and said employee welfare benefit plans;
trust establishment unit for establishing a rabbi trust with said spread;
determining unit for determining whether an individual life insurance policy has been purchased by said employee;
a trading unit for enabling under control of said employer said employee to purchase stock or other investments through said purchased life insurance policy;
a determining unit for determining whether a split dollar agreement has been executed;
a monitor for monitoring whether said employer has paid at least one premium for said life insurance policy;
a notifier for notifying said employee that a payment associated with said life insurance policy has been paid;
a loan unit allowing said employee to borrow funds accumulated in said life insurance policy up to a limit set forth in said split dollar agreement said limit reflecting said employee'"'"'s deferred compensation; and
reporting unit for reporting to said employee an amount of tax savings;
modeling unit for representing said deferred award instrument plan by;
inputting models factors based on actual performance;
retrieving human resource data;
retrieving employee welfare benefit plan and deferred compensation plan data;
retrieving fair market value information relating to said employee welfare benefit plan and deferred compensation data;
computing company cost and length of program; and
storing said retrieved and computed data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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