joeNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Thanks, I do understand the retention motivation etc, but I am asking
> whether a company match is in fact simple hard cash debited
> immediately
> from the cor****ate coffers, or whether there is any tax preference
This is an obscure example, but there are benefits when employer stock
is used as the match in a 401k plan. It's a technical area to weed
through, has to do with both cor****ate tax and "nondiscrimination
testing" of 401k plans...if interested google:
ESOP KSOP MATCH TAX
-Tad
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