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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827619503321

Titolo

Uncharted waters [[electronic resource] ] : paying benefits from individual accounts in federal retirement policy : Study Panel final report / / co-chairs, Kenneth S. Apfel, Michael J. Graetz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Social Insurance, : [distributed by] Brooking Institution Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8157-9771-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ApfelKenneth S <1948-> (Kenneth Stephen)

GraetzMichael J

Disciplina

368.4/3/00973

Soggetti

Social security - United States - Finance

Retirement income - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224).

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction and Summary""; ""2 Financial Demographics""; ""3 Payments at Retirement""; ""4 Institutional Arrangements for Providing Annuities""; ""5 Pre- Retirement Access to Individual Accounts""; ""6 Spousal Rights""; ""7 Disabled Workers and their Families""; ""8 Children, Life Insurance, and Bequests""; ""9 Worker- Specific Offsets""; ""10 Individual Account Taxation""; ""Appendix A: Current Rules for Taxing Savings""; ""Appendix B: Tax Treatment in Account Proposals""; ""Glossary""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

In the debate over Social Security reform, most of the work on individual accounts has focused on how individuals would save and manage those accounts during their working lives. Uncharted Waters goes further and addresses the often neglected questions about how and under what circumstances funds could be withdrawn from these accounts.  In Uncharted Waters, a panel of recognized experts created a framework for determining how benefits might be paid if private accounts become a new part of the Social Security system or are created separate from Social Security. This important volume analyzes the potential implications of different policy choices. It considers the ramifications of payout rules for families at different stages of life, particularly for economically disadvantaged groups. The contributors



also address how any new individual account program would fit with traditional Social Security, employer-based pensions, and tax-advantaged individual retirement savings (401(k)s and IRAs).  As the debate over individual savings accounts rages, Uncharted Waters offers a sound framework for informing public policy on both sides of the argument.