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A Case Study About the Saver's Credit

It’s hard to imagine that there’s a tax credit that can lower a taxpayer’s bill if he or she saves for retirement in a tax-favored retirement account. This may sound to be too good to be true. But it is true. The IRS has a tax credit that pays people to save for retirement.

BY Catherine Collinson, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

02.27.2017
Family Finances

State Innovation on Retirement Security Should Be Preserved

If this Obama-era retirement regulation is halted, millions of hard-working Americans could lose out on a great opportunity to save for their future.

BY Ida Rademacher & 2 more

Blog Post

02.24.2017
Family Finances

Worker power: A critical component of fair scheduling

Unpredictability. Fluctuating hours. On-call work. Lack of input into schedules. Early dismissal without pay. One of the threads that ties together these and other scheduling challenges commonly experienced by low-wage workers is the fact that millions in the U.S. feel profoundly disempowered in the workplace.

BY Liz Ben-Ishai

Blog Post

02.15.2017
Family Finances

Stable and Predictable Scheduling as Antidote to Income Volatility

This brief synthesizes the current research on scheduling instability, chronicles the most promising responses by the institutions best positioned to act – employers, government, and technology companies – and recommends principles for further reform.

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Publication

02.07.2017
US Economy

Getting Out of Poverty

Over three million people lifted themselves out of poverty in 2015. Experts tell us how to make it continue.

BY Maureen Conway & 1 more

Blog Post

10.06.2016
Family Finances

Proposed Rule on Expanding Safe Harbor

Aspen FSP submitted comments to the Department of Labor (DOL) in support of the agency’s proposal to expand the recently created ERISA safe harbor to cer ...

BY Ida Rademacher

Publication

10.04.2016
Family Finances

Solutions to Income Volatility

What would it take to help individuals and families be financially stable even when their income varies?

BY Marla Blow, & 1 more

Blog Post

10.04.2016
Family Finances

Income Volatility: Survey Results, Videos, Blog Posts, and Other Updates from EPIC

Just five months ago we announced the launch of this new initiative of ours - EPIC – the Expanding Prosperity Impact Collaborative. EPI ...

BY Financial Security Program

Blog Post

09.13.2016
Family Finances

Training and Education for Better Jobs Can Reduce Income Volatility

Income volatility can affect all socioeconomic groups, but it particularly hits those with low incomes and little or no savings.

BY Aparna Mathur, & 1 more

Blog Post

09.07.2016
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