This week weâll be focusing on those favorite features as judged by the retirement plan professionals we interviewed. Donât be surprised if over the next few weeks you discover that one providerâs treasure is another providerâs trash.
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Hereâs the irony of the tax saving incentive. If itâs wildly successful and leads to very large retirement accounts, the required minimum distributions at retirement may place the now retired employee in a higher tax bracket than the one experienced while working.
A few years ago, this might have been classified as a common âmistake.â Again, âmistakeâ is in quotes because this is less an issue for certain plans (usually small firms or particular industries) than others.
Plan sponsors can benefit from motivated employees, and the 401k plan is a tool to achieve this motivation. What precisely can plan sponsors offer in addition to the usual company match to make their 401k plan more enticing, more attractive, more motivating?
Today, directly or indirectly (âback doorâ), every wage earner can contribute to a Roth IRA. So, to benefit your (great)(grand)child through âlong term investingâ, you might consider funding a Roth IRA and/or Roth 401k.
With the final dust comfortably settling on this yearâs tax season, we can know begin to put together the pieces of this new reality that may have plan sponsors and their service providers rethinking their long-held strategies.
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