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Employer Accounting for Post-Retiree Health Care
The regulatory frenzy swirling about health care and employer plan accounting, coupled with our aging population and demographic shifts has created a perfect storm. The news is not good for many aging Americans. ["Will Healthcare Costs Bankrupt Aging Boomers?" Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts, Urban Institute, Feb. 2010.] But this is obviously not breaking news. We are besieged with commentary that Medicare is bankrupt, and the new accounting standards for employers require transparency to market and present value calculations of long-term liabilities, which creates havoc for employers for tax-planning and compliance purposes. [FASB Initiates Projects to Improve Measurement and Disclosure of Fair Value Estimates, FASB announcement 2.18.09; Proposed FASB Staff Position (FSP) FAS 107-b and APB 28-a.]
However, in spite of the burden that these recent regulatory and accounting standard announcements impose, there is a “silver lining” that can help employers avoid burdensome disclosure. From a planning standpoint, state and local governments (“SLGs”), for-profit and nonprofit employers, and their unions can now use a tool that will:
- Create an immediate cost savings to the Plan Sponsors;
- Roll Back any charge to earnings that would otherwise be booked before year end; and
- Provide Ongoing benefit savings over the long run and reduce Plan Sponsors' administrative costs and human resources drain.
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