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''Pensions.''  
(PBGC). ''US Pensions''
An organisation set up by the US government to take over the assets and liabilities of insolvent pension funds and to provide limited guarantees as to the payment of pensions by those funds. 


The rules of many occupational pension schemes permit an element of pension entitlement to be commuted to a lump sum on retirement.   
The PBGC has wide powers to investigate US pension schemes and their sponsoring companies.   
 
These payments may not be liable to tax.


The equivalent in the UK is the Pension Protection Fund.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Commutation]]
* [[Pension Protection Fund]]

Revision as of 13:57, 6 May 2013

(PBGC). US Pensions. An organisation set up by the US government to take over the assets and liabilities of insolvent pension funds and to provide limited guarantees as to the payment of pensions by those funds.

The PBGC has wide powers to investigate US pension schemes and their sponsoring companies.

The equivalent in the UK is the Pension Protection Fund.

See also