For non-deductible contributions to a traditional IRA (where you make too much income to qualify for a deduction), or regular contributions to a Roth IRA, or saving in a taxable account, you pay income tax as you earn the money, regardless of what you do with it.
And bundlers are people who bring together a lot of small contributions into a big bundle.
But in 1976, it said in a revenue ruling that contributions to a fund to help pay for a congressman's official travel were taxable income to him, not gifts.
Mr. McDonald also called for reforms in the member item system and a ban on contributions to housekeeping accounts by candidates up to 18 months before a primary, among other measures.
It is a fund separately identified by reference to contributions by a donor or donors.
The key difference, however, is that you can add a 401(k) allowing employee contributions to a profit-sharing plan, but not to a SEP.
In some countries they have gone down, most notably in Turkey, where for a long time just 25 years of contributions entitled a worker to a full pension.
Furthermore, in many associations, the members will regularly provide additional financial support, which comes in a wide variety of forms such as contributions to a foundation as well as the services and products they purchase from the association.
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He was a man whose contributions to the community, hospitals, civic boards and charities far outweighed his statistical achievements as a Hall of Fame baseball player.
"This was a very good team win and we got contributions from a lot of guys, " manager John Farrell said.
Only then will profits rise for everyone as taxes recede in the face of a larger pool of Americans capable of making contributions to a smaller government.
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Having a chance to work with my brother and make contributions to a town that I truly love is huge.
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With a 2009 net income of 11 billion, their contributions total a groundbreaking almost 5% of their net income, making them a clear corporate social responsibility leader.
Having tried and failed to get anywhere with incremental changes in recent years, Rhode Island will soon have a hybrid pension structure that puts the bulk of contributions into a 401(k)-type plan that public workers can take with them to other jobs.
At the heart of these funds' appeal is one of the tax code's best breaks, for people who want to donate: Givers get a full deduction for contributions of assets held for more than a year that have increased in value, while skipping capital-gains tax.
For a traditional IRA, contributions have to stop after age 70 and a half.
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Investors willing to take additional risk might also consider leaving their current 401(k) savings in a target-date fund, but direct all new contributions into a domestic equity fund or international stock fund to boost returns, says Michael Francis, president of Francis Investment Counsel, a consulting firm specializing in retirement plans.
As with a 529 account, you get no federal tax deduction for contributions to a Coverdell.
Yet this is a man who made contributions in the last election to Steve Forbes (a friend) and Bob Dole (a friend of a friend), both Republicans.
Although each step produces only enough electricity to keep an LED-powered street lamp lit for 30 seconds, Kemball-Cook says that the tiles are a real-world "crowdsourcing" application, harnessing small contributions from a large number of individuals.
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He has served his term in prison, he's paid his debt to society, no one ever said that the House of Lords is something you can kick people out of and indeed the House of Lords, after a gulp or two, may actually be much enriched by contributions from a prisoner who's really been through it.
After a lifetime of contributions to our Nation and its economy, seniors have earned this support.
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At a New Year's gathering, they surprised him with a card and a list of contributions.
Clinton echoed rival Bob Dole's call, earlier in the day, for a ban on contributions from non-citizens.
One idea gaining currency is to limit the amount of contributions a candidate may raise outside his electoral district.
No employee would face a rise in contributions for at least two years.
Rothifying old money is a bad idea at the same time that selecting Roth for new contributions is a good idea.
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They would qualify for a larger tax credit if they took the next step and made contributions to a formal pension plan.
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But Clinton's political rivals have vowed to make the question of foreign campaign contributions a major issue in the president's second term.
When Guidestar surveyed 7, 000 charities in June, it found 40% had seen a decline in contributions in the first five months of this year compared to 2009.
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