Tag: Savers Credit

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Social Security alone is simply not enough, new Vanguard study confirms. People often assume that the retirement needs of low-wage workers are covered by Social Security’s progressive benefit formula.  That assessment has never been correct. Social Security was never intended to be the sole source of income for any group of retirees.  Social Security replacement…

Tax Form 8880, Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions

The inclusion of the new Saver’s Credit in the Secure 2.0 Act provides some balance to a piece of legislation that previously had primarily provided extensive goodies to high earners in the form of delayed required minimum distributions, provisions for catch-up contributions, and more.  Despite my enthusiasm for the new credit, I do have some questions about…