A Salary Continuation Plan is a method of grouping individual disability insurance policies, where the premium is paid by the company and is considered a tax-deductible business expense.
It is generally less expensive for the employer to pay the premium under a Salary Continuation Plan than it would be to increase the employee’s income to allow him or her to pay the premium on a personal policy. Annual net savings with a Salary Continuation Plan for a 40 year old male non-smoker can be about $600.
Salary Continuation Plans are great for critical illness as well. The benefits to the employer are the same as above although the benefits to the employee are slightly different as the benefit may be tax free and the premium paid is non-taxable income to the employee. For further information and advice contact Wise Financial Group Inc. toll free 1-877-779-4731 or email info@companybenefits.ca.