Tag: Savers Tax Credit
The Savers Tax Credit sounds great on paper. Low-income people get a federal tax credit for saving money for retirement. But this part of the tax code always seems to disappoint. The House recently overwhelmingly passed a bill, the Secure Act 2.0, that – along with numerous other retirement provisions – makes the savers credit…
The brief’s key findings are: States are introducing initiatives to provide retirement plan coverage to private sector workers who lack it. These initiatives could be supplemented by the Saver’s Credit, a federal tax incentive for low- and moderate-income savers. The existing Saver’s Credit is limited and not refundable, but proposed legislation would extend the Credit…