{"id":4723,"date":"2017-01-06T12:46:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T12:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schadlerfinancial.com\/?page_id=4723"},"modified":"2024-08-28T05:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T05:29:44","slug":"401h-plans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ohiogrowthassociation.com\/?page_id=4723","title":{"rendered":"401(h) Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4723\" class=\"elementor elementor-4723\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60ed8b1 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60ed8b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-219be6c\" data-id=\"219be6c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c747830 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c747830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">401(H) Plans<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c8338 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"25c8338\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"ast-breadcrumbs-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ast-breadcrumbs-inner\"><nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumb-trail breadcrumbs\" ><div class=\"ast-breadcrumbs\"><ul class=\"trail-items\" ><li  class=\"trail-item trail-end\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/ohiogrowthassociation.com\" rel=\"home\"><span >Home<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2c0cff elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2c0cff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b8e328 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"9b8e328\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-773b5a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"773b5a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">401(h) Plans\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e9354b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e9354b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tax-Deductible, Tax-Sheltered, &amp; Tax-Free Payouts\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f5ad5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f5ad5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>What is a 401(h) plan<\/em>?\u00a0It\u2019s a\u00a0<em>medical expense account<\/em>\u00a0under Code Section 401(h).\u00a0The plan pays for costs associated with sickness, accident, hospitalization, and medical expenses of retired employees (EEs) (and their spouses and dependents).<\/p><p>One of the largest expenses of retirees is their health-care costs.\u00a0How do retirees pay for such costs? Typically, with savings or out of their taxable income.<\/p><p>With a 401(h) plan, an employer can take a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #818285;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">100% deduction<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to fund a tax-free sinking fund where when retired EEs remove money from the plan to pay for medical expenses, there are\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NO income taxes due<\/span><\/span>.<\/p><p>The 401(h) post-retirement medical option is perhaps the most overlooked and underutilized plan benefit in the industry today. The 401(h) benefit can add up to 33.33% to the otherwise maximum tax-deductible contribution of your pension plan.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Is a 401(h) plan practical and should you use one<\/span>?<\/strong> If you are a profitable small business owner, the answer is absolutely.\u00a0Let me show you an example.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Example:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Assume Mr. Smith (business owner) earns $400,000 a year (W-2) and has five employees of various ages and salaries. Mr. Smith has been funding in a tax-deferred manner $80,000 into a defined benefit plan every year.\u00a0If he keeps doing this, he will ultimately have approximately $2,000,000 in the plan when he turns 65 years old. Assume that on average Mr. Smith will have $10,000 of medical expenses every year in retirement. Assume he is now and will be in the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">35% income tax bracket<\/span><\/span><strong>.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How can a 401(h) plan help<\/span>?<\/strong><\/p><p>Mr. Smith could have his business fund X amount of money in a tax-deductible manner into a\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">401(h)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0plan every year as an employee benefit for himself and the other employees (discrimination testing for EE contributions is done using the classic age, years of service, and salary testing guidelines).<\/p><p>The money is allowed to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #818285;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">grow tax-free<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and can then\u00a0<span style=\"color: #818285;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">come out tax-free<\/span><\/span>\u00a0from the 401(h) plan if used for medical expenses (including elective surgery). Therefore, instead of funding $80,000 every year into a defined benefit plan, let\u2019s assume he allocates $10,000 of the $80,000 to the 401(h) plan from ages 60-65.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At age 65, what is the net positive benefit of using the plan<\/span>?<\/strong><\/p><p>If we assumed a 5% rate of return in the 401(h) plan and the pension plan, the accounts would both have the same balances when Mr. Smith hits age 65:\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">$149,171<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(we are just comparing the $10,000 contribution made from ages 60-65).<\/p><p>Now let\u2019s assume that Mr. Smith incurs $10,000 of medical expenses every year in retirement. When Mr. Smith uses $10,000 from his 401(h) plan, the money comes out\u00a0<span style=\"color: #818285;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">100% tax-free<\/span><\/span>. When he removes it from the defined benefit plan to pay expenses, it is\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">100% taxable<\/span><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b3ffa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05b3ffa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do the numbers compare?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d41171f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d41171f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the 401(h) plan, he could remove $10,000 a year tax-free until he turns age 90.<\/p><p>However, because he would have to remove\u00a0<strong>$15,384<\/strong> from his taxable pension plan to net $10,000 after-tax, he would run out of money in this example at age 78.<\/p><p>Therefore, the\u00a0<strong>net positive benefit<\/strong>\u00a0to Mr. Smith when allocating $10,000 to a 401(h) plan vs. a tax-deferred plan is\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">$127,007<\/span><\/strong>. This is how much more after-tax money could be removed over time using the 401(h) plan in my example.<\/p><p>As I stated earlier, virtually no one is aware of 401(h) plans and their tremendous benefits.\u00a0\u00a0If you like the idea of tax-deducting money into a plan where it is allowed to grow tax-free and be removed tax-free in retirement, then you need to implement a 401(h) plan.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #818285;\">Getting help\/More information<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c01e600 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"c01e600\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you would like more information or help to implement a 401(h) Plan in your business, please <a href=\"\/set-a-virtual-consultation\/\">click here to sign up for a free virtual consultation<\/a>.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3dcde4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3dcde4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sample List 401(h) Benefits<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32ca913 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32ca913\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBelow is a sample list of post-retirement medical benefits that may be provided under a Benefits are not limited to those contained in this list.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48caeca elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"48caeca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01c2bba elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"01c2bba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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