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Deferred payments are payments that are completely or partially postponed for financial reasons. Deferred payments come in many forms. Some deferred payments keep individuals at a company, while other ...

The Employer Tuition Assistance Deferred payment plan is available to Western Michigan University students who qualify for their employer’s tuition reimbursement program and is contingent upon class ...

As part of your retirement planning, you may have invested in a deferred annuity. And, hopefully, over the years you’ve enjoyed tax deferred growth in the contract. The annuity may be a fixed annuity, ...

This report is one of a series on the adjustments we make to convert GAAP data to economic earnings. This report focuses on an adjustment we make to convert the reported balance sheet assets into ...

A non-qualified deferred compensation plan is a pay arrangement created by employers to give employees further performance incentives through monetary or other rewards at a later time. The employee is ...

A deferred tax asset is usually an item on a company's balance sheet that was created by the early payment or overpayment of taxes. They are financial assets that can be redeemed in the future to ...

The holiday season is almost here, which means retailers are ready — not just with sparkly merchandise and doorbuster deals, but also with a certain kind of credit card offer. These offers, promising ...

This report is one of a series on the adjustments we make to GAAP data so we can measure shareholder value accurately. This report focuses on an adjustment we make to our calculation ofeconomic book ...