Tag: refundable tax credit

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Closing the coverage gap, however, is the real way to increase saving. The financial services industry seems very exorcised by a relatively modest proposal in Joe Biden’s tax plan – namely, changing the tax incentive to save for retirement from a deduction to a flat, refundable tax credit.   Let’s see if this proposed chang…

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But it is too valuable – especially if it were refundable – to slip off the agenda. The Saver’s Credit gives a special tax break to low- and moderate-income taxpayers who are saving for retirement.  It was introduced in 2001 and scheduled to expire in 2006.  The Pension Protection Act of 2006, however, made t…