{"id":54467,"date":"2018-05-30t05:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-30t09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=54467"},"modified":"2018-07-25t08:59:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25t12:59:52","slug":"handling-pay-disability-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2018\/05\/30\/handling-pay-disability-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"handling pay during the disability of a partner"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>5 best practices.<\/strong><\/p>\n by <\/i>marc rosenberg<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n it\u2019s often been said that disability is much harder to deal with than death, from the standpoint of firm governance. death is clear and finite. but disability is much more complicated and unclear.<\/p>\n more on partnership:<\/strong> when votes must be taken, what are the options?<\/a> | why voting isn\u2019t such a big deal<\/a> | what\u2019s in a (firm) name?<\/a> | protect your business with a solid partner agreement<\/a> disability insurance<\/strong><\/p>\n some firms carry partner disability insurance and some do not. the high cost persuades many firms to forgo this insurance. another consideration is that most disability policies cover only a fraction \u2013 rarely over 60 percent \u2013 of a partner\u2019s compensation.<\/p>\n notice and client transition<\/strong><\/p>\n virtually all firms waive the requirements for notice and client transition when a partner becomes permanently disabled.<\/p>\n disability definition<\/strong><\/p>\n consistent with the statement that disability is more complicated than death, one of the key issues to address in the partner agreement is the definition of partner disability.<\/p>\n here is a definition that most firms prefer: the inability of a partner to conduct and carry on normal functions and responsibilities as a partner<\/strong> during normal business days (monday through friday of each week, excluding holidays, saturdays and sundays) on a full-time basis because of physical or mental impairment. note that this is a more strict definition of disability than is often found in disability insurance policies.<\/p>\n 1. in many cases, it\u2019s not clear when the newly disabled partner will be able to return to work. until permanent disablement is determined, there may be a period of time when the partner returns to work and then stops, or works less than full time. the following wording addresses this situation:<\/p>\n 2. the term \u201cdisability\u201d shall not automatically include the consequences of alcohol, drug or other substance abuse. a period of rehabilitation may be granted or withheld by the partners at their discretion. a partner may be granted a leave of absence, without pay, while actively pursuing rehabilitation and making satisfactory progress, as determined to the satisfaction of the other partners, toward such rehabilitation.<\/p>\n 3. a partner disabled for one year will be deemed to have retired.<\/p>\n 4. during the period in which a partner is disabled but not yet declared permanently disabled, a method of compensating the partner is needed.<\/p>\n we have seen a great many rules and conventions adopted by various firms. these are the variables:<\/p>\n here are examples of rules we\u2019ve seen:<\/p>\n the following is a convention we see fairly often that many firms feel is fair and affordable:<\/p>\n during the disability period, partners shall receive 100 percent of their normal compensation for the first three months of disability, 75 percent for the second three months, 50 percent for the third three months and 25 percent for the final three months. all of these payments will be reduced by any disability payments made to the disabled partner.<\/p>\n 5. in the case of the permanent disability of a partner when the disability does not<\/strong> occur on the last day of the firm\u2019s fiscal year, the firm will compute the disabled partner\u2019s share of the firm\u2019s full-year income that the disabled partner is entitled to. this computation is necessary because cpa firms typically earn a disproportionate share of their annual income during the tax season.<\/p>\n the share of income that the disabled partner receives will be computed as follows:<\/p>\n alternatively, the firm can simply decide that whatever income a disabled partner received at the onset of the disability is the final compensation amount that the firm owes him or her.<\/p>\n total partner income includes all tiers of partner income, such as interest on capital, draw, salary, bonuses and all other distributions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 5 best practices.<\/strong>
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\ntwo types of disability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
best practices in cpa firm partner disability<\/h3>\n
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\nby marc rosenberg<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1339,"featured_media":52068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3120,2266],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pro-member-exclusive","category-partner"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n