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Deferred compensation is an arrangement in which a portion of an employee's wage is paid out at a later date after which it was earned. Examples of deferred compensation include pensions, retirement plans, and employee stock options.
Ted Benna was among the first to establish a 401(k) plan, creating it at his own employer, the Johnson Companies (today doing business as Johnson Kendall & Johnson). [7] [8] Benna was trying to reduce the taxes due on an deferred-compensation bonus plan for bank executives, at a time when the top marginal income tax rate was 70%. [9]
The 457 plan is a type of nonqualified, [1] [2] tax advantaged deferred-compensation retirement plan that is available for governmental and certain nongovernmental employers in the United States. The employer provides the plan and the employee defers compensation into it on a pretax or after-tax (Roth) basis.
A 457(b) retirement plan is an employer-sponsored deferred compensation plan for employees of state and local government agencies and some tax-exempt organizations.
Traditional 401(k): Employee contributions are made with pretax dollars, lowering your taxable income. Your contributions grow tax-deferred until withdrawn, meaning all of your money is working ...
403(b) vs. 401(k): How they work. Both 403(b) and 401(k) accounts offer workers the ability to save money for retirement on a tax-advantaged basis: in traditional versions of the plans or Roth ...
A "qualifying" deferred compensation plan is one complying with the ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Qualifying plans include 401(k) (for non-government organizations), 403(b) (for public education employers), 501(c) (3) (for non-profit organizations and ministers), and 457(b) (for state and local government ...
Annual contribution limits for the 401(k) and the 403(b) are also the same — $20,500 in 2022 and $22,500 in 2023, plus catch-up contributions for employees age 50 or older.