What does DBP stand for?

The new defined benefit plan will be named the West Virginia Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System.

Employers that sponsor defined benefit plans need to comply with a new requirement to post the Form 5500 actuarial information for the defined benefit plan on the employer's intranet.

The sums placed in defined benefit plans in 2008 amounted to 19.

00 Hardcover KF3510 Most sponsors of cash balance and other hybrid defined benefit plans agree that the Pension Protection Act of 2006 was a major improvement.

The Mint business daily said Tata Steel's pension liabilities to Corus Group employees include defined benefit plans, where a company guarantees a certain level of pension payment regardless of the returns on investments.

Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky ("Peaks, Cliffs, & Valleys," features, Winter 2008) make a compelling case for states to shift public pensions away from defined benefit plans to defined contribution plans.

If your pension plan is a traditional defined benefit plan, you may face some restrictions.

Short plan year fliers who must file a Schedule SB, Single-Employer Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Information, or Schedule MB, Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan and Certain Money Purchase Plan Actuarial Information, and/or a supplemental attachment to Schedule R for 2008 will receive an automatic extension to file their complete Form 5500 until 90 days after the 2008 forms are available.