Registered Plans Directorate technical manual
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Appendix B - Acronyms
AIW – Average Indexed Wage
AVC – Additional Voluntary Contributions
AVR – Actuarial Valuation Report
BAE – Best Average Earnings
CAE – Career Average Earnings
CPI – Consumer Price Index
CPP – Canadian Pension Plan
CRA – Canada Revenue Agency
DB – Defined Benefit
DPSP – Deferred Profit Sharing Plan
FAE – Final Average Earnings
FCIA – Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries
FPP – Flexible Pension Plan
GSRA – Government-sponsored Retirement Arrangement
IPP – Individual Pension Plan
LRB – Lifetime Retirement Benefits
MEP – Multi-Employer Plan
MP – Money Purchase
OAS – Old Age Security
PA – Pension Adjustment
PAR – Pension Adjustment Reversal
PBA – Pension Benefits Act
PBSA – Pension Benefit Standards Act
PRU – Pension Reform Updates
PSPA – Past Service Pension Adjustment
QPP – Quebec Pension Plan
RCA – Retirement Compensation Arrangement
RPD – Registered Plans Directorate
RPP – Registered Pension Plan
RRIF – Registered Retirement Income Fund
RRSP – Registered Retirement Savings Plan
SMEP – Specified Multi-Employer Plan
SPPA – Supplemental Pension Plans Act
TIPP – Tailored Individual Pension Plan
YMPE – Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings