The University of Missouri (also, Mizzou, MU, or University of MissouriâColumbia) is a public land-grant research university located in Columbia, Missouri, U.S. It was founded in 1839 as the first public institution of higher education west of the Mississippi River.
A Simplified Employee Pension Plan (SEP) is a relatively uncomplicated retirement savings vehicles. A SEP allows employees to make contributions on a tax-favored basis to individual retirement accounts (IRAs) owned by the employees.
The best-known defined-contribution plan is the 401(k), and its equivalent for non-profits' workers, the 403(b). In common parlance, pension plan often means the more traditional defined-benefit plan, with a set payout, funded and controlled entirely by the employer. Some companies offer both types of plans. They even allow employees to roll over 401(k) balances into their defined-benefit plans.