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1.
Your employer must make a contribution to your retirement account if you participate in a _______.
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SIMPLE IRA. If your employer offers a SIMPLE IRA, it generally must match your contribution up to 3 percent of your compensation.
2.
Some employer retirement plans enable you to actually lower your current taxable income.
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True. Some employer retirement plans enable you to contribute pre-tax dollars to your retirement account.
3.
Employers are not required to contribute to employees' 401k plans.
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True. Employers are not required to.
4.
Shawn recently joined a dozen other employees of a small biotechnology company and was glad to learn that under its employer retirement plan, the firm will contribute to an IRA for him. Shawn's new employer offers a _______.
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SEP IRA. The simplified employee pension (SEP IRA) enables a company with 25 or fewer employees to establish an IRA for each employee.
5.
Catchup contributions to employee retirement plans are normally allowed for whom?
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Employees 50 or older. Catchup contributions allow older workers to save extra money for their retirement.