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The John Batchelor Show

#SmallBusinessAmerica: Retirement Plans paid for by Washington. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 7 January 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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#SmallBusinessAmerica: Retirement Plans paid for by Washington. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer

https://genemarks.medium.com/how-a-new-federal-law-will-help-small-business-owners-provide-retirement-plans-for-their-employees-65ed24ce3450



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0:00.0

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0:30.0

Small business columnists at the Guardian newspaper, UK edition, US edition, as well as our

0:35.4

hometown newspaper, the Philadelphia Inquirer and other distinguished publications. He also

0:40.2

has a medium.com site where you can see Gene's articles. And one in particular is, given

0:47.5

us, is about planning for retirement and a new law from Washington. Secure Act 2.0, which

0:56.1

is now a law of the land. What is it, Gene?

0:59.1

So, guys, if you're listening to this and you're an employee of the business or you are

1:04.2

running a business, you really need to pay attention to Secure 2.0. It's the next upgrade

1:11.3

from the original Secure Act back in 2019. This legislation passed as part of the omnibus

1:16.5

spending bill that passed Congress at the very end of 2022. And the aim of the legislation

1:22.7

is to encourage more people to save for retirement and more employers to help their employees

1:29.0

save for retirement through 401k plans. And let me just say, John, that the more that employers

1:35.2

you, if you're a business owner, the more that you can encourage your employees to put

1:39.7

money away for their retirement, the more you can put money away for your retirement.

1:43.8

Because a lot of these 401k plans, you can only put away so much if you're an owner or

1:48.3

a highly compensated individual. You can't put a discriminated more amount than your

1:54.2

lower paid employees. So the more that they save, the more that you can save. And the

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