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Pension Adjustments and PAR
I just learned about this so want to share. If you're like me, you've likely had a large pension adjustment (PA) applied by the CRA every year only leaving you like $3-5k of RRSP room. The PA is calculated on your T4 each year and applied to the next years RRSP room. This is significant for us because our severance must be paid out in a lump sum and so there's no option to taking severance over multiple tax years to drop into lower tax brackets. The PA always bothered me because I thought 'what if we don't actually get our pension in the end because of bankruptcy/buyout/whatever' (eg: Sears).
So I just learned the way this is dealt with the pension plan issues a form T10 - Pension Adjustment Reversal (PAR) within 60 days of turning over the commuted value. According to ChatGPT it works like this... The Pension plan calculates all the pension adjustment you've had in the history of the company and adds them up, then subtracts the commuted value (CV). The difference is your PAR and it will be available in the next tax year as extra RRSP room and show up on your notice of assessment.
Example:
You are laid off in December 2025. You take your Pension CV of $200k in 2025 which becomes a tax sheltered LIRA. Over 15 years with the company you've lost $300k in RRSP room through PA's ($20k/yr * 15). Your PAR = $300k - $200k = $100k. By Feb 2026 the pension plan must report the $100k PAR to CRA. In spring 2026, your Notice of Assessment will show you have a $100k PAR, basically $100k extra RRSP room in 2026. Then also in 2026 you take your deferred severance of $200k and you can buy $100k of RRSPs that year, tax sheltering half of your severance.
Fears of a Trillion-Dollar AI Bubble Are Growing
Investors have parted with unprecedented sums of money to help AI fulfil its lofty promise. But no one really knows how it will all pay off.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-fears-trillion-dollar-ai-130008034.html
$246.5 million down the toilet
An all-cash deal to buy an OMS nobody’s even heard of. Most of their marquee clients have already walked. The president of LB was quietly shown the door, and there’s still no real leadership in place. How on earth did none of these red flags come up during what was supposed to be “extensive” due diligence before the acquisition? At what point do RR, SK, and FF get held accountable for these missteps? How is this not shaping up to be Cymba 2.0? And when does Sanoke finally break up the boy band and bring in leaders who actually know what they’re doing?
Stock question......
I know someone out there will be able to answer this. If we get rid of OxyChem and use the proceeds to pay down debt how does that affect the stock price and market cap. Right now our market cap is appx 44 billion. If we are losing such a large asset does that affect our actual overall worth? I know if the cost per share goes down the market cap does as well, but since we sold such a large asset would it not bring our true value down. Add in the debt and we should have an enterprise value of around 60 billion after debt is paid down.
Smith Consulting Group acquisition
Can somebody plz enlighten me why Fiserv keep acquiring companies indiscriminately? We havent reported any profitable earning reports, yet the employee bonuses and incentives are crumbs compared to the money the money the administration say they dont have but spend in these buys.
Any layoffs in procurement under finance?
Any layoffs in procurement? It was apart of WPL but got reorganized under finance now
Leave Traditional Banking Job For Fintech?
Howdy,
Got an interview request to do cyber controls/risk work with a "crypto leader." Recruiter is being coy about which firm but I figured I'd post here for thoughts.
Anyone here have info on how the gov/risk/compliance departments are here? Would you recommend leaving a similar job at an established top 10 bank for a riskier job in this space for an 80k pay bump plus equity?
I did see there was a 20% layoff in "crypto winter" 2023 but my current company had a bigger layoff in recent years so not sure how worried I should.
Finance outsourcing
Hearing some finance functions will be outsourced. Anyone have details?
US layoffs resuming today
U.S. layoffs to resume today/tomorrow
SCM, Finance, HSE, Environment
Fifteen (five one) Year Auto Loans Anyone?
"Tricolor contagion is spreading. Confirmed bank exposure: Fifth Third ( $FITB) ~$170–200M, JPMorgan ( $JPM) ~200M, Barclays ( $BCS) [secured], Origin Bancorp ( $OBK) ~$30M. Subprime auto fraud is bleeding into regionals—provisions & ABS downgrades likely —and growing."
@1CoastalJournal
https://x.com/1coastaljournal/status/1966695923167142191
Updated Capital Structure
Has anyone heard any news or details on the updated capital structure that was alluded to being explored to back in March?
The only thing I've heard is that those leading the work have been going around to GPs and SLPs to get their feedback and ideas.
We can all assume those GPs and SLPs will be generous and not make associates jump through a bunch of hoops and politics to benefit, right? right? GPs are totally supportive of taking slightly less and would never be personally motivated in their input, right?
Q!'26 cuts are going to be rough... Wall St. confirms..
So I have a couple of senior folks who work for Wall St. firms , and they have given me a heads up that Q1 is going to be a major hemorrhaging of white collar jobs,sectors mostly affected are big pharma, telecomm ( including at T. , VZ and CISCO) , and finance. .
Basically, companies are already pricing in the rate cut, but the unemployment numbers coupled with tarrifs effects and a expected weak holiday season is going to cause this.. so better save your nuts this winter..
Finance
Finance town hall cancelled. Hard to be optimistic. Should we expect anymore RIFS in finance? Especially with new VP finance transformation.
The books are cooked
Based on today’s announcement
Goodwill writedown
So the market cap is currently under $500 mm and the Goodwill is valued at $1.984 Bn.
How is this even possible. They will cram this down, right?
Xerox Credit Rating Cut to ‘B’ Due to Lexmark Integration and Low Cash Flow.
Xerox Credit Rating Cut to ‘B’ Due to Lexmark Integration and Low Cash Flow.
https://tonernews.com/forums/topic/xerox-credit-rating-cut-to-b-due-to-lexmark-integration-and-low-cash-flow/
#print #printer #toner #tonercartridges #tonercartridge #InkCartridges #Printing #Ink #printercartridges #copiertoner
Someone Just Bought 1,246,200 Shares of Xerox, Valued at $6 Million.
Someone Just Bought 1,246,200 Shares of Xerox, Valued at $6 Million.
https://tonernews.com/forums/topic/someone-just-bought-1246200-shares-of-xerox-valued-at-6-million/
Xerox Credit Rating Cut to ‘B’ Due to Lexmark Integration and Low Cash Flow.
Xerox Credit Rating Cut to ‘B’ Due to Lexmark Integration and Low Cash Flow.
https://tonernews.com/forums/topic/xerox-credit-rating-cut-to-b-due-to-lexmark-integration-and-low-cash-flow/
Return to Free Cash Flow
Coming to a pink slip near you.
259 Layoffs - Times are tight
Last year Penny was compensated 29 Million Dollars. If each person laid off had total income of 100,000 including salary and benefits, the total cost is 25,900,000.
So if Penny took one for the team she would only made a paltry 3.1 million dollars. Granted, she wouldn't get out of bed for such a peasant salary, but in my fantasy land 259 families would be well taken care of and she would still make 12,500 a day, 62,500 a week and 250,000 a month.
Granted, never will I be in a situation where I get to pick between being elite wealthy, or just really rich. Amongst the many reasons is the fact that I could never sc--w over so many people in the pursuit of my own interests.
So often we are blinded by blind idealism that everything should be unlimited, greed is good, and that anyone who says otherwise is a Socialist. Im not that, but I am also not one that believes a handful of the lucky sp--m should make more than 259 well paid people.
We really need to start looking at the big picture instead of glorifying the people that are ra-ing and plundering cast resources for their own enrichment.
News flash, Penny doesn't, and never has given a f--- about you, me, or anyone. Penny cares about Penny's purse. Insane
Changes in Finance?
Anyone know/have any ideas what’s happening in finance?
IT services is gone
The entire IT services just got outsourced to Accenture and everyone got laid off. This is just the beginning. Marketing, finance, HR and legal are next.
Which Department?
Please post which department you’re in if you were impacted by the layoffs so others in those areas have an idea..
Examples;
- Finance, Demoted
- Tech, ISP
- Marketing, ISP
Excellent. Must read :
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/atts-leadership-crisis-arrogance-financial-collapse-legacy-gnall-9qfoc
Q2 13F
The latest 13F filing was done. Cap Management has $9.3B in Q2 in 2025 compared with over $10B in Q1 of 2024. Market has been up about 13.5% per annum since then. Is there a stated strategy to actually grow the AUM or is it mainly loss avoidance ?
Have finance and IT really taken the brunt of the cuts so far?
As others have pointed out, it’s so hard to see the big picture, or to really know what to expect in one’s neck of the woods.
Nielsen/Fidelity - Pension Annuity
I started with Nielsen in the early 2000's and at that time they had a retirement annuity program vis Fidelity. Dave Calhoun was quick to end that bad boy asap once he raided the place in 2006. I'm long gone from Nielsen but I still have this small annuity from about 6yrs of work which totals about $35K and says my payout can only be monthy when I turn 65 (retirmente age)...which will be about $200 per month. So not really much money at all. I'd love to try and get a lump sum now which is what many of my colleagues at the time got when they were let go or quit (however they were employees from the 80s and 90s). Is anyone familiar with this pension plan or how to go about getting a lump sum payment? I've tried several times to do so on the fidelity website but always get rejected. Thanks.
Finance Cutting Executives by 50% by 2030
Finance oversubscribed, and reducing number of executives dramatically by 2030. Significant pressure to reduce potential of younger staff. Although has been happening for few years now, more pressure again this year. I had executive potential 2 years ago, recently told no longer executive potential, not competitive. Many with executive potential last year will lose this year.... but interning MBAs who will surely become future executives.... hmmm Ask you manager!! Most wont volunteer this information on your potential change but will communicate if directly asked.
So I guess what you are saying is the CEO, annddd BOD have been lying to shareholders AGAIN? Didn’t they already get in trouble for this and fined. You lie lie lie!
How does Shart’s sphincter smell ya brown nose. Are you here to stroke an inefficient CEO’s ego and spread disinformation. If the focus has changed then shareholders and regulators need to be informed and approved. If what you say is true LOL, there is a very large paper trail and recordings stating that his #1 primary focus is to bring “wells fargo’s risk and control environment into compliance”. Regulators would never approve anything you say until those problems are addressed. Don’t you have a blumpkin that you should be attending to?
Either way, THE SCHART IS INEFFICIENT, OVERPAID, AND HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED. If you think that success is equivalent to being fined multi-billion dollar fines then yiu nuat be the Shartman himself or some minion ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE SOME FALSE NARRATIVE THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT THE Schart, AND THE BOD HAVE BEEN LYING TO, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AMERICA!
Aren’t they being sued by a convent of nuns who are also inventors and have accused the CEO of this exact scenario.
#2023Q4
#2023
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#2024
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Moving Finance job overseas
CFO just announced that we are going to cut US finance jobs (both voluntary and CPM) to increase HC in lower cost center like Costa Rica. And apparently only targeting to US finance employees. How is that ok especially when the company took government fund (source from our paycheck) to increase OVERSEAS jobs?
Confirmed
Sources are saying that the big chiefs are in a meeting together and they confirmed that they heard JV and others are putting together the names of the next group. The rumor is May 31 will be billing and accounting department. The on s staying will aquire the responsibilities or be let go. I can't believe they are doing this to people who have worked hard. Good luck everyone.
Hibbett is in big trouble
Hibbett had a massive lay off at their Corporate office Feb of 2019. Many stores are closing. Upper level Management is to blame. Accounting Department is a joke.
The fact that you call it a “gravy train” is insulting.
Do you ever stop and wonder why a Saudi led company would want to pay me more than you? It’s because I sold my home, my cars, uprooted my children from their schools and friends, and my wife left work all so we could come to Saudi Arabia and help YOUR company. It’s also because I posses skills you don’t have and still don’t. #finance.
You call it a gravy train, I beg to differ, so do my wife and children.
The truth of it all is your company would be much less corrupt (VP using company jet to buy furniture for his home), much more efficient, and a lot more profitable if you stepped out of the way and let the adults take over.
It’s ok though, I’m just here for the “gravy train” and while I’m here, I’ll continue to watch the death spiral.
It’s not an insult, it’s just reality.
Layoffs in finance
Layoffs in finance across the board. Up to 30% and much of the work is moving to Costa Rica
Found this in another thread, anybody knows more about this? I am assuming this is not relating to rumors flying around due to expected Intel's quarterly results announcement.