Deferred compensation
Pay an executive agrees to receive later; it is an unsecured promise from the employer.
Where it is explained in full
Money at every level: what changes as the numbers grow, from a first paycheck to a hundred million. The rules are the same for everyone and the useful ones change at every level. This page walks the whole ladder, what becomes possible at each rung, and the one line that runs through all of it. It explains; it never advises.
How the wealthy pay less tax: the line between income and wealth, and the empty suite that does not exist. A friend earning two million a year asked how the very rich pay so little. The answer is not a secret and not a loophole. It is one line in the code, and everything else hangs on it. This page explains it, and corrects a story about commercial property that gets told at every dinner where the question comes up.
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Words beside it
- deferred annuity
An annuity contract where the insurance company holds your money and begins sending you regular payments at a future date you choose, rather than right away.
- tax deferred
When your money grows inside an account and you do not pay taxes on that growth until you take the money out later. It is like getting to delay a bill instead of paying it right now.
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