Research report Automatic Enrollment in IRAs: Costs and Benefits
Benjamin H. Harris, Rachel M. Johnson
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To encourage better retirement saving, President Obama recently proposed policies that would require firms without retirement savings plans to automatically enroll their workers in IRAs. In addition, the president proposed an expansion of the Saver's Credit to be fully refundable and available to middle-income taxpayers. This report estimates the revenue costs and distributional effects of the president's proposals.
Primary topic Federal Budget and Economy
Research Area Federal Budget and Economy Individual Taxes