The act of deferring or putting something off until later; postponement: If you are unable to take the exam, you can request a deferral of your registration fees to the next exam date.
A deferral agreement is a legally binding document between parties that agree to postpone a specific action or obligation to a later date.
Your Salary Deferral Agreement is a written, legally binding agreement between you and your employer. It is an agreement whereby you direct your employer to reduce compensation not yet currently available by a specific percentage. Your employer then sends this amount to your account in the Retirement Savings Plan.
Here are some examples of deferrals: Insurance premiums. Subscription based services (newspapers, magazines, television programming, etc.) Prepaid rent.
A deferred payment is one that is delayed, either completely or in part, in order to give the person or business making the payment more time to meet their financial obligations. In accounting terms, any merchant allowing customers to set up a deferred payment agreement will be dealing with accrued revenue.
In many respects, a DPA for a company mimics elements of plea agreements and probation for individual defendants, combining penalties with rehabilitative efforts. However, probation is a form of sentencing, and in a DPA, the company is not convicted of a crime.