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| August 31, 2010 |
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| Editor's Note |
  This week, we’re featuring updates on the state of retirement savings in America. The news is not good. Approximately half of Americans claim to have no retirement savings at all, and those with retirement plans at work seem to think it’s their employers’ responsibility to provide them with education and to give them time off to handle financial issues. Can we just dial back the clock a few decades and start taking responsibility for our own future and stop blaming someone else for the pickles we find ourselves in? And P.S. – seriously, what do these people think they’re going to do when they can no longer work? Are we going to become a nation of Night of the Living Dead zombies, people who can’t work or take care of themselves, feeding off of those who are more able?Best wishes, Gail Perry, CPA Managing Editor editor@accountingweb.com |
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| Democrats seek to legislate retirement savings |
| In an effort to increase the number of Americans who are saving for retirement – roughly 50 percent of employees have no retirement savings at all – the Automatic IRA Act of 2010 has been introduced in both houses of Congress. |
| Flexible spending account consumer campaign launched |
| WageWorks Inc., an independent provider of consumer-directed benefits solutions, has announced the launch of the nationwide consumer education campaign. |
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| Recession blues: 401(k) loans and hardship withdrawals on the rise |
| Fidelity Investments, one of the nation's providers of workplace retirement savings plans, has released its quarterly data on the state of the 401(k) that show positive, steady savings behavior by the majority of participants. |
| IRS looking for feedback on Roth 401(k) regulation |
| The Internal Revenue Service is seeking comments on an existing regulation that provides guidance on Roth 401(k) arrangements. |
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| Employees clamoring for basic workplace financial education |
| In a recent survey conducted by the Personal Finance Employee Education Foundation with the support of the Employee Benefits News, 91 percent of respondents cited employee financial literacy as being extremely important or important in reducing the vulnerability of the American economy to major economic crises. |
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