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SAVING 1% MORE COULD BOOST PENSION BY 25%

Employee Benefits

They are paying 5% of their salary into a pension via a salary sacrifice arrangement, and their employer is paying 3%. Example 1: Sam[1] – Basic rate tax payer, earning £20,000 per year The employee increases pension contributions by 1% of salary which is matched by the employer.

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Why SECURE 2.0 Act Auto-Enrollment and Escalation Will Boost Employee Financial Well-Being

Griffin Benefits

contains dozens of changes to retirement plans, but perhaps none bigger than these two: New 401(k) and 403(b) plans will be required to automatically enroll participants in the respective plans, and employee salary deferral rates will automatically escalate each year. The SECURE Act 2.0 THE SECURE ACT 2.0 THE SECURE ACT 2.0

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Top 5 reasons to check your payslip

cipHR

As head of payroll bureau services at CIPHR’s sister company PBS , a payroll software and service provider, Jon and his team process payroll and BACS salary payments for 94,000 employees, across 500 organisations every month. This means people can earn £12,500 tax-free, and only start paying tax on income over that amount.

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