Comments on: How can you get retirement when your employer does not offer it? http://www.talkaboutretirement.net/uncategorized/how-can-you-get-retirement-when-your-employer-does-not-offer-it/ Issues concerns retirement and retired living Mon, 21 May 2012 12:14:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: andy http://www.talkaboutretirement.net/uncategorized/how-can-you-get-retirement-when-your-employer-does-not-offer-it/#comment-15 andy Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:40:01 +0000 http://www.talkaboutretirement.net/other-careers-employment/how-can-you-get-retirement-when-your-employer-does-not-offer-it/#comment-15 Most companies offer the new version of retirement called the 401(k) program. If he isn't in this and is eligible than both you and he are making a huge mistake. Most companies offer some type of match up to a certain percent. At my company it is 50% up to 4%. Once you are fully vested than if your husband moves jobs it will follow you. If your husband's company doesn't offer a 401(k) program than he needs to invest in either a traditional IRA which is tax defered retirement or a Roth IRA which is after tax money but tax free once withdrawn. Most companies offer the new version of retirement called the 401(k) program. If he isn’t in this and is eligible than both you and he are making a huge mistake. Most companies offer some type of match up to a certain percent. At my company it is 50% up to 4%. Once you are fully vested than if your husband moves jobs it will follow you.

If your husband’s company doesn’t offer a 401(k) program than he needs to invest in either a traditional IRA which is tax defered retirement or a Roth IRA which is after tax money but tax free once withdrawn.

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