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- Individual Retirement Accounts: A Fact Sheet
- This report discusses general information about individual retirement accounts (IRAs), established by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-406) to promote retirement saving; the accounts were limited at first to workers (and spouses) who lacked employer pension coverage.
- Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): Issues and Proposed Expansion
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- Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): Legislative Issues in the 106th Congress
- Bills introduced in the 106th Congress would have raised the limit on contributions to individualretirement accounts(IRAs) and eased other federal IRA rules. The House passed H.R. 5203, incorporating the higher IRA contribution limits of H.R.1102, on September 19, 2000. The IRA provisions of the bill would have cost $21.7 billion in foregone revenue over 10 years. The Senate Finance Committee ordered H.R. 1102 reported (with amendments) on September 7, 2000, but the bill did not reach the Senate floor before the 106th Congress adjourned in December 2000. The Finance Committee’s bill, in addition to raising contribution limits, would have allowed tax credits in lieu of deductions for a portion of IRA contributions.
- Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends
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- Pensions: Major Provisions of the Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2000
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- Retirement Saving Plans: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
- This report provides answers to 10 of the most frequently-asked questions related to rules and provisions that govern savings in individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
- Social Security: The Cost-of-Living Adjustment in January 2002
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- Veterans' Pensions: Fact Sheet
- This report discusses veterans' pensions, which are monthly cash payments made to qualified veterans or survivors so that their total income from all countable sources reach specified annual levels and are administered by the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA).