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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 ...
Talented rigor
  09/18/17
uh because it's a perk and perks help influence people's dec...
Bipolar vibrant circlehead
  09/18/17
how about just increase the salary and not resources stuff o...
Talented rigor
  09/18/17
(Biglawyer)
Self-absorbed Skinny Woman
  09/18/17
nope. more like salesman.
Talented rigor
  09/18/17
(guy who doesn't understand taxes)
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  09/19/17
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know-it-all elite principal's office
  09/19/17
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Heady macaca striped hyena
  09/19/17
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insanely creepy house trust fund
  09/18/17
free money is not a $cam bro. at least contribute up to the...
Khaki persian ceo
  09/18/17
i don't know man...
Talented rigor
  09/18/17
you always go AT LEAST to the match. it's free money that y...
grizzly alcoholic parlor chad
  09/19/17
CR
multi-colored piazza
  09/19/17
JFC you are way too dumb to post here.
Mischievous Electric Multi-billionaire
  09/18/17
*invests in 401k* *loses more than half of it during a re...
Talented rigor
  09/18/17
Doesnt invest in 401k for whole life. Misses out on 7% av...
clear angry lettuce range
  09/18/17
do you mean you dont vest so they match 100% automatically u...
flickering boyish potus lodge
  09/18/17
How much do they match for you bozos
Concupiscible laser beams
  09/18/17
why do you hate me?
flickering boyish potus lodge
  09/18/17
i don't know. i didn't ask HR cause i just wasn't interested...
Talented rigor
  09/18/17
Because it's free money for them - part of what otherwise wo...
Fuchsia Thriller Parlour Kitty Cat
  09/18/17
...
Bull Headed Rusted Pocket Flask
  09/18/17
hmm...
Talented rigor
  09/18/17
Employer contributions are a tax write off.
Heady macaca striped hyena
  09/18/17
Isn't salary a write off?
Shaky adventurous church psychic
  09/18/17
Generally, but there are some exceptions. E.g., IRC § 1...
Rough-skinned Mind-boggling Den
  09/18/17
Price discrimination. They tell all potential employees that...
Hairraiser Personal Credit Line
  09/19/17
Is there any tax benefit that employer match has over a sala...
Lime unholy public bath
  09/19/17
hehe
Provocative burgundy theatre
  09/19/17
rare cr from you ted. its a scam
Provocative burgundy theatre
  09/19/17
Ty
Talented rigor
  09/19/17
Tax favored contributions to executives are limited to a mul...
Opaque scourge upon the earth
  09/19/17
...
Razzle up-to-no-good jewess rehab
  09/19/17
gotta incentivize somehow.
grizzly alcoholic parlor chad
  09/19/17
Avoid failing the IRS' nondiscrimination test?
Green exhilarant stock car
  09/19/17
...
grizzly alcoholic parlor chad
  09/19/17
bros, just checked and 401k is at 14.9% ytd lol wtf... s&...
flickering boyish potus lodge
  09/19/17
Euro/international stock funds are doing super well
multi-colored piazza
  09/19/17
music will end any day now...
flickering boyish potus lodge
  09/19/17
bc matching was conceived of as a (poor) substitute for pens...
Jet roommate address
  09/19/17


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Date: September 18th, 2017 8:53 PM
Author: Talented rigor

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: Bipolar vibrant circlehead

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: Talented rigor

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: Self-absorbed Skinny Woman

(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: Talented rigor

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: crystalline sticky dysfunction genital piercing

(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: know-it-all elite principal's office



(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: Heady macaca striped hyena



(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: insanely creepy house trust fund



(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: Khaki persian ceo

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: Talented rigor

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: grizzly alcoholic parlor chad

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: multi-colored piazza

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: Mischievous Electric Multi-billionaire

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: Talented rigor

*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: clear angry lettuce range

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: flickering boyish potus lodge

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: Concupiscible laser beams

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: flickering boyish potus lodge

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: Talented rigor

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: Fuchsia Thriller Parlour Kitty Cat

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: Bull Headed Rusted Pocket Flask



(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: Talented rigor

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: Heady macaca striped hyena

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: Shaky adventurous church psychic

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: Rough-skinned Mind-boggling Den

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: Hairraiser Personal Credit Line

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: Lime unholy public bath

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: Provocative burgundy theatre

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: Provocative burgundy theatre

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: Talented rigor

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: Opaque scourge upon the earth

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: Razzle up-to-no-good jewess rehab



(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: grizzly alcoholic parlor chad

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: Green exhilarant stock car

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: grizzly alcoholic parlor chad



(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: flickering boyish potus lodge

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: multi-colored piazza

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: flickering boyish potus lodge

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: Jet roommate address

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)