Tag: IRA
The brief’s key findings are: As part of tax reform, Congress considered changes to 401(k)s that would require most new contributions to go to a Roth, rather than a traditional, account. This budget gimmick would help pay for tax cuts because Roths are taxed up-front, rather than in retirement. Such a change, however, could also…
The Federal Reserve recently released the 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), a triennial survey of a nationally representative sample of U.S. households, which collects detailed data on their assets, liabilities, and demographic characteristics. It is considered the gold standard of information on income and wealth. Overall, this year’s report, unlike those in 2013 and…
