Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Insurance
Reexamination Certificate
2003-02-05
2010-06-15
O'Connor, Gerald J. (Department: 3686)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Insurance
C705S001100, C705S002000, C705S003000, C705S026640, C705S035000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07739131
ABSTRACT:
A method for providing a Dual-Purpose Profit Sharing benefit plan (DPPSP) to employees. The method comprising the steps of: establishing the DPPSP as a qualified fund in accordance with Internal Revenue Service provisions; providing retirement benefits accident, and health benefits within the DPPSP; determining an allocation of employee contributions and employer contributions to the DPPSP between the retirement benefits, accident benefits and health benefits based on a predetermined formula; and establishing that i) the employer contributions and ii) the accident and health benefits are excluded from taxation as income, based on federal income tax exclusion rules.
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Le Linh-Giang Michelle
Luedtke Timothy J.
O'Connor Gerald J.
Trzyna, Esq. Peter K.
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