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why do employers match 100 percent of an employees 401k?

what's in it for them? My company matches 100 percent of my ...
excitant degenerate
  09/18/17
uh because it's a perk and perks help influence people's dec...
slippery base
  09/18/17
how about just increase the salary and not resources stuff o...
excitant degenerate
  09/18/17
(Biglawyer)
Crusty unhinged institution
  09/18/17
nope. more like salesman.
excitant degenerate
  09/18/17
(guy who doesn't understand taxes)
Plum gas station
  09/19/17
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aqua famous landscape painting
  09/19/17
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massive locus depressive
  09/19/17
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scarlet hyperventilating spot main people
  09/18/17
free money is not a $cam bro. at least contribute up to the...
slap-happy national security agency therapy
  09/18/17
i don't know man...
excitant degenerate
  09/18/17
you always go AT LEAST to the match. it's free money that y...
brass marvelous trailer park really tough guy
  09/19/17
CR
Snowy arrogant codepig french chef
  09/19/17
JFC you are way too dumb to post here.
flirting costumed boistinker goal in life
  09/18/17
*invests in 401k* *loses more than half of it during a re...
excitant degenerate
  09/18/17
Doesnt invest in 401k for whole life. Misses out on 7% av...
primrose zombie-like messiness dragon
  09/18/17
do you mean you dont vest so they match 100% automatically u...
Saffron Fragrant Hospital
  09/18/17
How much do they match for you bozos
irradiated federal orchestra pit
  09/18/17
why do you hate me?
Saffron Fragrant Hospital
  09/18/17
i don't know. i didn't ask HR cause i just wasn't interested...
excitant degenerate
  09/18/17
Because it's free money for them - part of what otherwise wo...
Crimson Stage Marketing Idea
  09/18/17
...
thirsty crackhouse
  09/18/17
hmm...
excitant degenerate
  09/18/17
Employer contributions are a tax write off.
massive locus depressive
  09/18/17
Isn't salary a write off?
Floppy Indecent Giraffe
  09/18/17
Generally, but there are some exceptions. E.g., IRC § 1...
Coral parlor love of her life
  09/18/17
Price discrimination. They tell all potential employees that...
razzle-dazzle principal's office voyeur
  09/19/17
Is there any tax benefit that employer match has over a sala...
Iridescent mildly autistic business firm mad cow disease
  09/19/17
hehe
Carnelian Startled Friendly Grandma Kitchen
  09/19/17
rare cr from you ted. its a scam
Carnelian Startled Friendly Grandma Kitchen
  09/19/17
Ty
excitant degenerate
  09/19/17
Tax favored contributions to executives are limited to a mul...
Pink cowardly pocket flask
  09/19/17
...
aphrodisiac set
  09/19/17
gotta incentivize somehow.
brass marvelous trailer park really tough guy
  09/19/17
Avoid failing the IRS' nondiscrimination test?
sadistic cuck
  09/19/17
...
brass marvelous trailer park really tough guy
  09/19/17
bros, just checked and 401k is at 14.9% ytd lol wtf... s&...
Saffron Fragrant Hospital
  09/19/17
Euro/international stock funds are doing super well
Snowy arrogant codepig french chef
  09/19/17
music will end any day now...
Saffron Fragrant Hospital
  09/19/17
bc matching was conceived of as a (poor) substitute for pens...
aromatic office cumskin
  09/19/17


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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:53 PM
Author: excitant degenerate

what's in it for them? My company matches 100 percent of my 401k and it got me wondering: do they get any tax breaks? why would they want to waste money from their own pocket for my 401k?

it makes do damn sense... anyways i wont want to do the 401k thingy. i think it's a boomer scam. and i also need the money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239248)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:53 PM
Author: slippery base

uh because it's a perk and perks help influence people's decision to work there or not?

if everyone else in the market is doing it, you have to too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239255)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:55 PM
Author: excitant degenerate

how about just increase the salary and not resources stuff on 401k scams? millenials dont buy into this whole 401k crap.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239275)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:59 PM
Author: Crusty unhinged institution

(Biglawyer)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239300)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 9:00 PM
Author: excitant degenerate

nope. more like salesman.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239311)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 2:46 PM
Author: Plum gas station

(guy who doesn't understand taxes)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34244039)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 6:53 PM
Author: aqua famous landscape painting



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34246152)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 6:56 PM
Author: massive locus depressive



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34246186)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 9:35 PM
Author: scarlet hyperventilating spot main people



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239624)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:53 PM
Author: slap-happy national security agency therapy

free money is not a $cam bro. at least contribute up to the match jfc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239256)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:56 PM
Author: excitant degenerate

i don't know man...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239284)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 2:49 PM
Author: brass marvelous trailer park really tough guy

you always go AT LEAST to the match. it's free money that you would likely have to save anyways. iirc, it lowers you AGI as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34244061)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 7:34 PM
Author: Snowy arrogant codepig french chef

CR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34246429)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:54 PM
Author: flirting costumed boistinker goal in life

JFC you are way too dumb to post here.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239258)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:57 PM
Author: excitant degenerate

*invests in 401k*

*loses more than half of it during a recession*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239290)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 9:09 PM
Author: primrose zombie-like messiness dragon

Doesnt invest in 401k for whole life.

Misses out on 7% average post-tax returns.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239393)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:55 PM
Author: Saffron Fragrant Hospital

do you mean you dont vest so they match 100% automatically up to x%? if that's what you meant, it's for safe harbor testing so they don't get sued. gc never not gc'ing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239273)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:57 PM
Author: irradiated federal orchestra pit

How much do they match for you bozos

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239288)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:58 PM
Author: Saffron Fragrant Hospital

why do you hate me?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239292)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:58 PM
Author: excitant degenerate

i don't know. i didn't ask HR cause i just wasn't interested in it. but a lot of older folks were.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239294)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 9:11 PM
Author: Crimson Stage Marketing Idea

Because it's free money for them - part of what otherwise would be your salary - when you don't.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239406)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 9:15 PM
Author: thirsty crackhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239439)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 9:35 PM
Author: excitant degenerate

hmm...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239621)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 9:13 PM
Author: massive locus depressive

Employer contributions are a tax write off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239422)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 9:36 PM
Author: Floppy Indecent Giraffe

Isn't salary a write off?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239629)



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Date: September 18th, 2017 9:42 PM
Author: Coral parlor love of her life

Generally, but there are some exceptions. E.g., IRC § 162(m).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34239665)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 2:03 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle principal's office voyeur

Price discrimination. They tell all potential employees that the perk is there but not all will use it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34243616)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 2:12 PM
Author: Iridescent mildly autistic business firm mad cow disease

Is there any tax benefit that employer match has over a salary increase?

I get that not all employees will use the match. But I also think tons of employees will not correctly view the match as income. Maybe the match functions as a raise only for those employees who read the fine print and care.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34243702)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 2:13 PM
Author: Carnelian Startled Friendly Grandma Kitchen

hehe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34243703)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 2:13 PM
Author: Carnelian Startled Friendly Grandma Kitchen

rare cr from you ted. its a scam

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34243707)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 4:23 PM
Author: excitant degenerate

Ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34244922)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 2:36 PM
Author: Pink cowardly pocket flask

Tax favored contributions to executives are limited to a multiple of the average employee.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34243956)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 2:38 PM
Author: aphrodisiac set



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34243972)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 2:55 PM
Author: brass marvelous trailer park really tough guy

gotta incentivize somehow.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34244108)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 2:39 PM
Author: sadistic cuck

Avoid failing the IRS' nondiscrimination test?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34243978)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 2:55 PM
Author: brass marvelous trailer park really tough guy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34244110)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 6:44 PM
Author: Saffron Fragrant Hospital

bros, just checked and 401k is at 14.9% ytd lol wtf...

s&p is at 13.5%?! where's all this expansion coming from

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34246056)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 7:37 PM
Author: Snowy arrogant codepig french chef

Euro/international stock funds are doing super well

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34246445)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 7:50 PM
Author: Saffron Fragrant Hospital

music will end any day now...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34246515)



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Date: September 19th, 2017 10:46 PM
Author: aromatic office cumskin

bc matching was conceived of as a (poor) substitute for pensions. it wasn't that long ago your employer was supposed to fully fund your retirement w a defined benefit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3735928&forum_id=2#34247611)