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July 19, 2005
Making the Tax System Work for Low-Income Savers: The Saver's Credit
From The Urban Institute:
The federal tax system provides little incentive for participation in tax-preferred saving plans to households that most need to save more for retirement and whose contributions would most likely represent an actual increase in savings. By contrast, the tax code provides its strongest incentives to those who already are generally better prepared for retirement and who are more likely to use tax-preferred vehicles as a shelter than as an opportunity to increase overall saving. The saver's credit, helps correct this "upside-down" structure of tax incentives for retirement saving. Read more from this post.
Posted on July 19, 2005 11:44 PM
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