Financial Focus
Put unused vacation days
to work — in your 401(k)
Now that the year is almost over, for you to defer more of your sal- if you have unused vacation or sick
you may want to explore some last- ary into your 401(k). Fortunately, time you can’t carry over.
minute steps you can take to poten- there may be a way in which you Not all employers are willing or
tially boost your financial fortunes can boost your 401(k) contribu- able to turn vacation or sick hours
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and improve your tax returns for tions — without cutting into your into retirement plan contributions,
2010. And one good place to look take-home pay. so check with your human resourc-
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is your 401(k). Specifically, you may be able to es or benefits office to see if you can
Your 401(k) is a great retirement convert any unused vacation and make this move. If it is allowed,
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savings vehicle. You typically fund sick time to your 401(k) or other though, consider taking action.
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which means your money can grow relatively few employees have taken perhaps with the help of your finan-
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faster than if it were placed in an advantage of it. Now, however, the cial advisor, to determine an appro-
investment on which you paid taxes Obama administration has asked priate allocation of your money. For
every year. Also, you can spread the U.S. Department of the Trea- example, you may have accounts
your 401(k) dollars among a range sury and the IRS to issue new rul- within your plan that are currently
of investments to match your risk ings on the topic in the hope of get- under-funded. Or you might ben-
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tolerance, time horizon and retire- ting more people to increase their efit from “rebalancing” your plan
ment goals. Clearly, then, it would retirement savings. And this is an by adding some new money into Heavy Truck Repair
be nice to “max out” on your plan important goal, because many of us different accounts. Keep in mind,
each year. But during difficult eco- still need to put away much more however, that diversification does
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going to enjoy the type of retire- against loss.
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T_he ability to convert vacation tunity to add to your retirement
or sick time to your 401(k), 403(b) plan. T_he more you save today, the
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or 457(b) plan can help you make brighter your outlook could be for
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While the conversion feature won’t
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enable you to exceed the contribu- T_his article was written by Ed-
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tion limit for your plan —which ward Jones for use by Bill Bough-
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for 2009 is $16,500, or $22,000 if ton, Weaverville’s local Edward
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you’re 50 or older — it may make it Jones Financial Advisor.
Weaverville, NC 28787 Mobile 828-230-7326
Easy access only please!
easier for you to beef up your con-
tributions for this year, particularly
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