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- From: hahn@gigantor.nas.nasa.gov (Jonathan Hahn)
- Subject: Re: Can I setup a retirement plan?
- References: <2690@cronos.metaphor.com> <1992Dec19.191737.20176@eagercon.com>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 04:46:18 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.044618.18804@nas.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1992Dec19.191737.20176@eagercon.com> eager@eagercon.com writes:
- >In article 2690@cronos.metaphor.com, shankar@ouyang.metaphor.com (Ravi Shankar) writes:
- >>I got a software contract with a client through a job shop. I have been
- >>working on this contract. The job shop retains a percenatge of my income
- >>from the client and I receive a W-2. This job shop does NOT offer any
- >>retirement plans such as 401K.
- >>
- >>Under this situation, will I be able to setup a SEP-IRA or Keough Plan?
- >>If not, will I be able to do it if I were to incorporate?
- >
- >Check with a financial advisor for full details.
- >
- >I believe that you do not qualify for either a Keogh or SEP-IRA, since you
- >are NOT self-employed. As long as you are paid on a W-2, you are an
- >employee.
-
- True... but as long as your employer (the job shop) doesn't offer a
- pension plan, you can contribute $2K to an IRA and deduct it from
- your taxes.
-
- >If you incorporate, and are paid as a corporation, you can have a Keogh or SEP.
-
- If you're a W-2 employee of your own corporation you can't have a
- Keogh; you can have a SEP-IRA or a corporate pension plan.
-
- >Michael J. Eager Michael.Eager@eagercon.com
-
- -jonathan hahn
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