FT MarketWatch

401(k) plan

A defined Contribution plan offered by a corporation to ITS employees, which allows employees to set aside Tax-deferred income for retirement purposes, and in some cases employers will match their Contribution dollar-for-dollar. Taking a distribution of the funds before a certain specified age will Trigger a Penalty tax. The name 401(k) comes from the IRS section describing the Program.

Related Terms: 20 Contribution, Defer, Defined contribution plan, ECI, Fund, FIN, Heir, Inc., ITS, Low, Lows, Offer, Penalty, Program, Retire, Ratio, SEC, Tax, Tax-deferred, Trigger
Other Related Pages: Category: Taxes Starting With: 1
Semi Related Terms: 686 CLICK HERE TO VIEW
10-K, 52-week low, 12b-1 funds, 401(k) plan, 403(b) plan, 457 plan, Allowance for depreciation, Asset/equity ratio, Automatic Funds Transfer, Accrual of discount, After-tax basis, American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation, Amortization of premium, At par, All or any part, At best, At call, Accumulated earnings tax, Automatic reinvestment plan, Alien corporation, All-risks coverage, At risk, Aggregate corporation, Add-on service, Abstract of title, Action to quiet title, As is, Assignment to creditors, Attorney in fact, Assignment of mortgage, Aggressive growth fund, A shares, Asset allocation fund, Automatic investment plan, At the money, After-tax contributions, Age-weighted plan, Average contribution percentage, Across the board, Additional paid-in capital, Abusive tax shelter, After-tax, Alternative Minimum Tax, Against the box, At the bell, At the close, At the figure, At the full, At the market, At the opening order, Automated Pricing and Reporting System, Away from the market, Below the line, Books of final entry, Books of original entry, Banking Act of 1933, Balanced fund, Bid-to-cover ratio, Blend fund, Bond fund, Bureau of Public Debt, Brought over the wall, Buying on margin, Buy on close, Buy on opening, Buy the book, Balance of payments, Board of Governors, Breaking the syndicate, Bill of exchange, Bill of sale, Breach of trust, By the book, Blitzkrieg tender offer, B shares, Buy and write, Buy-side, Before-tax income, Break-even tax rate, Blow-off top, Breadth-of-market theory, Beat the gun, Cash asset ratio, Cash ratio, Collection ratio, Contribution margin, Cost Of Goods Sold, Cost of sales, Clearinghouse funds, Current income, Certificate of Participation, Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures, Conversion ratio, Clearing corporation, Code of procedure, Capitalization of income, Constant dollar GDP, Cost of Living Adjustment, Cost-of-living index, Council of Economic Advisers, Cash and carry trade, Chasing the market, Cheapest to deliver, Chicago Board of Trade, Cost-of-living rider, Capital gains distribution, Certificate of stock, Closed corporation, Cost of carry, Certificate of title, Contract for deed, Cancellation of debt, Certificate of Claim, Cost of debt capital, Cost of funds, Creeping tender offer, Capital appreciation fund, Clone fund, Closed-end fund, Closed fund, Contingent deferred sales charge, Crossover fund, C shares, Call ratio backspread, Class of options, Close to the money, Certificate of Occupancy, Cloud on title, Cafeteria plan, Cash-balance plan, Cash or Deferred Arrangement, Collectively bargained plan, Contribution, Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Crash of 1929, Crash of 1987, Constant dollar plan, Capital gains tax, Child and dependent care credit, Consolidated tax return, Coefficient of determination, Cup and handle, Certificate of delivery, Close a position, Cornering the market, Curbs in, Deferred charge, Deferred credit, Deferred revenue, Deferred tax, Deposit in transit, Date of issue, Date of payment, Deferred interest bond, Distribution date, Dollar bond, Dollar price, Division of Enforcement, Division of Investment Management, Division of Market Regulation, Do Not Reduce, Dollar terms, Date of record, Distribution period, Dividend in arrears, Dividend payout ratio, Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Dividend rollover plan, Desk (the), Division of labor, Dollar shortage, Deferred month, Domestic corporation, Distribution stock, Directed share program, De-escalation clause, De facto, Defer, Doing business as, Durable Power of Attorney, Date of maturity, Debtor in possession, Debtor-in-possession financing, Debt retirement, Deed of Release, Deed of Trust, Deferred payment, Discharge of bankruptcy, Discharge of lien, Due-on-sale clause, Dollar cost averaging, Dual-purpose fund, Deep in the money, Deep out of the money, Deed of Surrender, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Deferred account, Deferred annuity, Deferred payment annuity, Defined benefit plan, Defined contribution plan, Direct participation program, Dogs of the Dow, Disposable income, Daily low, Depth of market, Dollar volume, Efficiency ratio, Electronic Funds Transfer, Eurodollar certificate of deposit, Escrowed to maturity, External funds, Either-or order, ECI, Employer Cost Index, E-mini, Exchange for futures, Exchange for physical, Exchange of spot, Effective tax rate, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee stock repurchase agreement, Ex-all, Exchange ratio, Enhanced index fund, Environmental fund, Equity fund, Exchange fund, Exercise ratio, Estate tax, Early withdrawal penalty, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Excess contribution, Excess distribution, Exclusion ratio, Earned income tax credit, Estimated tax, Excess profits tax, Excise tax, Exchange distribution, First In First Out, Fixed-charge coverage ratio, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal funds, Federal Savings and Loan Association, Fed funds, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Fine paper, Fixed income, Fixed income equivalent, Fixed-income arbitrage, Flight to quality, Flow of funds, Fill or kill, Front-ending an order, Fund supermarket, Forward P/E, Factors of production, Favorable balance of trade, Foreign corporation, Fee-for-service, Form 8-K, Form S-1, Friends and family offering, Fund, Full faith and credit, Family of funds, Focused fund, Fund family, Fund manager, Fund of funds, Free and clear, Flexible benefit plan, Frozen plan, Free right of exchange, Federal ID Number, Federal Tax Identification Number, Federal tax lien, FIN, Flat tax, Franchise tax, Gross income, Government Securities Clearing Corporation, G-7, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, G-8, Global fund, Growth and income fund, Growth fund, Gather in the stops, Gift tax, Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976, Hit the bid, House of issue, Hedge ratio, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Heir, Holder in due course, High-ratio mortgage, Home equity line of credit, HUD-1 statement, Hedge fund, Highly compensated employee, Hidden tax, Head and shoulders, High-low index, Hammering the market, Held at the opening, Holding the market, Income statement, Income bond, In escrow, In-house, Investment Advisor Act of 1940, Investment Company Act of 1940, Income coverage, Income stock, In line, Income distribution, International Monetary Fund, Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984, Internal Rate of Return, Indication of interest, Inc., In intestacy, In play, In-process research and development, Income fund, Income risk, Index fund, Institutional fund, International fund, Investment fund, I/O strip, Income property, Inheritance tax, Income replacement ratio, In-service withdrawal, Income exclusion rule, Individual tax return, Imbalance of orders, In and out, In sympathy, In the tank, ITS, Jointly and severally, Jumping the gun, Joint will, Joint and several liability, Joint and survivor annuity, Joint tax return, Keogh Plan, Last In First Out, Liquidity ratio, Lender of last resort, Law of one price, Lending at a rate, Limit-on-close order, Law of demand, Law of supply, London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, London Inter-Bank Offer Rate, Lump sum distribution, Letter of comment, Legal age, Living will, Line of credit, Loan-to-cost, Loan-to-value, Loan-value ratio, Lock-in, Lifecycle fund, Load fund, Leading the market, Locked in, Long-term gain or loss, Luxury tax, Lognormal distribution, Level I quotes, Low, Lows, Municipal bond fund, Muni fund, Make a market, Market if touched order, Market on close order, Mark-to-market, Medium of exchange, Marginal propensity to consume, Money at call, Mutual fund, Mutual fund custodian, Mutual fund symbol, Matching funds, Minimum distribution, Net income, Net income multiplier, Net Operating Income, Negotiable certificate of deposit, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal, Notice of Sale, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system, National Securities Clearing Corporation, Net capital ratio, Null and void, Notice of Default, Non-resident alien tax, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Non-contributory plan, Nondeductible contribution, Nonelective contribution, Non-insured plan, Nonperiodic distribution, Non-qualified retirement plan, Normal retirement age, Nonstock Corporation, Normal distribution, Off-balance-sheet financing, Off the books, Overhead ratio, Office of Thrift Supervision, Offer, Out-of-favor, Over-the-Counter, Off-floor order, On-floor order, On margin, Or better, Other income, Opinion of title, On account, On-the-spot loan, Open-end fund, Option income fund, Options Clearing Corporation, Out of the money, Old age, survivors, and disability insurance, Ordinary income, On-balance volume, Odd lot buy/sell ratio, Off-board, On close, On open, On the opening, Owner-employee, Pooling of interests, Pre-tax profit margin, Profit and loss statement, Pro forma, Penalty, Payment-in-kind security, Phantom income, Price Value of a Basis Point, Public purpose bond, Payment for order flow, Purpose loan, Payout ratio, P&L, Provision for income taxes, Periodic payment plan, Pour-over will, Power of Attorney, Prepayment penalty, Prioritization of debt, Pooled fund, Prime rate fund, Publicly-traded fund, Pure index fund, Premium income, Passive income, Property tax, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Pension fund, Pension plan, Plan asset, Plan sponsor, Premature distribution, Prototype plan, Paid-in capital, Paid-in surplus, Percent held by institutions, Private Investment in Public Equity, Preservation of capital, Program, Program trading, Put ratio backspread, Progressive tax, Proportional tax, Point-and-figure chart, Probability distribution, Profit ratio, Painting the tape, Profit-taking, Put/call ratio, Qualified retirement plan, Reports and Records, Return of capital, Return on Capital, Return on Invested Capital, Return on Total Assets, Reserve ratio, Retire, Reading the tape, Regulation D, Regulation G, Regulation T, Regulation U, Round of funding, Rule 15c3-1, Rules of Fair Practice, Rate of exchange, Reciprocal of European terms, Regional fund, Registered Retirement Savings Plan, Ratio, Red herring, Regulation A, Right of first refusal, Right of rescission, Right to Know, Revolving line of credit, Right of recourse, Rule of 78, Ratio calendar combination, Ratio calendar spread, Ratio spread, Ratio write, Right of redemption, Required Minimum Distribution, Retirement Equity Act of 1984, Risk/return trade-off, Regressive tax, Ratio analysis, Return on Capital Employed, Rate of return, Real rate of return, SEC filing, Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, SG&A, Savings and Loan, Savings Association Insurance Fund, Sight letter of credit, S&L, SEC, Secondary distribution, Securities and Exchange Commission, Series EE bond, Sinking fund, SEC fee, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Segregation of securities, Sell-side analyst, Sell the book, Street name, Strong dollar, Standard of living, Supply-side economics, Second-to-die insurance, Short interest ratio, Stock bonus plan, Stock Clearing Corporation, Stock option plan, Severally but not jointly, Statute of Limitations, Sale and leaseback, Satisfaction of debt, Staggered board of directors, Sector fund, Series fund, Socially responsible fund, Specialized fund, Specialty fund, Stock fund, Systematic investment plan, Selling the spread, Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees, Self-directed retirement account, SEP Plan, Simplified Employee Pension IRA, Single-employer plan, Single-Premium Deferred Annuity, Social Security Tax, Summary plan description, Selling short against the box, Shorting against the box, Sales tax, S Corporation, Self-employment tax, Separate tax returns, Short-term gain or loss, Sin tax, Subchapter M, Subchapter S Corporation, Same Day Funds Settlement, Schedule C, Securities Act of 1933, Securities Acts Amendments of 1975, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Seek a market, S&P phenomenon, Stop and reverse, Tax anticipation note, Tax-exempt bond, Tax renevue anticipation note, T-Bill, Term to maturity, Take a position, Trailing P/E, Tax haven, Tax, Tax schedule, Tender offer, Tenancy by the entirety, Trust fund, Truth in Lending, Tax-free bond fund, Tax-managed fund, Tax lien, Tax roll, Tenancy at will, Transfer tax, Tax deferral, Tax-deferred, Top hat plan, The Street, Timing the market, Taxable income, Tax-advantaged, Tax audit, Tax base, Tax basis, Tax bracket, Tax-deductible, Tax deduction, Tax-efficient, Tax evasion, Tax-exempt, Tax identification number, Tax loss carryback, Tax loss carryforward, Tax lot, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Tax planning, Tax preference item, Tax Reform Act of 1986, Tax Reform Act of 1993, Tax return, Tax sale, Tax shelter, Tax shield, Tax swap, Tax tables, Take a bath, Trigger, U.S. Government Agency Security, U.S. Savings Bond, U.S. Treasury, U.S. Treasury Bill, U.S. Treasury Bond, U.S. Treasury Note, U.S. Treasury Securities, Unlimited tax bond, Underfunded pension plan, Unified Tax Credit, Unit of trade, Unit of trading, Voluntary accumulation plan, Variable ratio write, Voluntary contribution, Variable ratio plan, Value Added Tax, Weak dollar, World fund, Waiver of premium, Widow-and-orphan stock, W-2 Form, W formation, When, as, and if issued, X or XD, Year-To-Date, Yield to call, Yield to maturity, Yield to worst, Y shares