Sentences with phrase «low contribution levels»

Not exact matches

At low levels of income that definitely makes the Sole 401K (with the $ 18K employee contribution) a better way to shield from taxes, but if someone were to work for a regular company with a 401K in addition to his / her own business, you only get a total of $ 18K as an employee across all plans.

Over time, some companies started cutting these company matches to employee contributions to lower and lower levels, essentially minimizing profit sharing.

When the level of religiosity and other factors are held constant, religious television viewing does not seem to be associated with lower levels of church attendance, volunteer work, or church contribution in the sample as a whole.

While his crossing and defensive contribution could definitely improve (both are significantly lower than Perisic's per - game levels), it's important to remember that Martial can only get better.

Similarly, though New York City's contributions to the MTA are at historic lows, it won't do much good for the city to restore transit funding to its rightful levels if that just results in an equivalent MTA revenue sweep by the state.

(White Plains, NY)-- In an effort to protect child care subsidies for low - income families, the Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL) approved new legislation and two resolutions tonight aimed at stopping County Executive Robert P. Astorino and the Westchester County Department of Social Services (DSS) from increasing the family contribution to daycare expense from 20 % to 35 % of the portion of income that exceeds the federal poverty level.

Maziarz accuses his former chief of staff and campaign treasurer, and a few lower - level staff members, of stealing more than $ 350,000 in political contributions to his campaign.

Contributions to individual candidates are capped at a relatively low level.

Bloomberg, meanwhile, is taking a same - but-less approach to fixing pensions — proposing to retain the DB system with higher retirement ages, lower benefit levels and higher employee contributions for new workers.

In the mayor's version, he would appoint the panel and it would have a narrow mandate, limited to charter changes aimed at improving the city's campaign finance system — including lowering the maximum levels of campaign contributions to candidates — and encouraging voter participation in elections.

«I would say in the evidence that we presented [last year], and also that other groups presented, it is clear that [the lower - level orbital] definitely has a contribution in tunnel ionization,» Gühr says.

Recent projections show that for even the lowest emissions scenarios, thermal expansion of ocean waters21 and the melting of small mountain glaciers22 will result in 11 inches of sea level rise by 2100, even without any contribution from the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica.

Earth's much thicker layer of low - level ozone, however, has a much larger contribution from the build - up of molecular oxygen beginning some 2.4 billion years ago from photosynthetic microbes excreting oxygen as a waste gas, which now along with plant life is constantly replenishing Earth's two - atom as well as three - stom ozone oxygen molecules.

However, these observations have been seen as the exception rather than the norm because of the low - level contribution observed.

The lower level of endodermal contribution we observe in chimeras suggests that even in the PrEn, V+S + ES cells may be at a proliferative disadvantage.

I acknowledge that not all of our young people — low - income or otherwise — will make it to the level of a high - skilled worker, but surely we can help most of them learn valuable, remunerative skills that allow for self - sufficiency and the chance to make a significant contribution in the workplace and in the community.

Contributions also come from Marilyn Monroe's maid, the president of IBM and a sundry assortment of low - level diplomatic and political figures.

Beginning with the new year, public service pension plan contributions recommence at the low rate, until such time as they reach the maximum level of the contributions for the low rate.

At the beginning of the year 2013, the lowest rate of the two possible rates of contribution to the public service pension plan is used until the maximum level of contribution for that rate is reached.

* As for Retirement Savings Contribution Credits (also known as Saver's Credit), the income limit for low / moderate income level workers is $ 63K for married couples who are filing jointly.

Once the contributions reach the maximum public service pension plan low level, the contributions will increase from 5.2 % to 8.4 %.

While a 529 plan allows for tax - free contribution limits of $ 14,000 per year, contributions to IRAs are capped at much lower levels.

There are limits that can restrict the deductibility of your contribution in certain cases, but those limits are well above the level of a low - income taxpayer.

Funding pensions may always be a challenge because of competing budget priorities, but some experts believe states might benefit from reduced earnings assumptions that would encourage more realistic contribution levels.7 In the long run, higher interest rates for lower - risk, fixed - income investments could put pension funds on more solid ground, but until that happens many state funds are likely to remain on the fiscal edge.

Flexibility, the low cost of entry, unique plans with multiple investment options, varied contribution levels, and the federal and state tax benefits make CollegeInvest one of the best — and easiest — ways to save for college.

As an example, a properly structured cash value whole life insurance policy that is purchased from a mutual company, is one that has tremendous liquidity, low cost (majority of the cost is buying lifelong level insurance — not to be compared to term), no tax on the growth of the account, tax free loans, tax free withdrawals (up to basis), tax free to survivors, no contribution limits, no required withdrawals, is free from creditors, and has minimum guarantees.

The new paper suggests that the contribution from Greenland was on the low end of the prior estimates, but has little effect on the estimated total sea - level change, which points to a larger Antarctic source than the previous best estimate.

Therefore we have still significantly differing estimates for the long tail of the return to equilibrium after the human contribution has been reduced again to a low level.

Unfortunately quantifying the groundwater discharge contribution to sea level rise is extremely difficult, suffering from a low signal to noise problem.

Their results yielded two surprises: The melt rate for glaciers and ice caps outside Antarctica and Greenland made a smaller contribution to sea - level rise than had been estimated, and the melt rate in the Asian mountains, including the Himalayas, was dramatically lower: 4 billion tons annually versus up to 50 billion.

What was the causal mechanism for the explosive glacier melt contribution to sea level rise during the 1920 - 1950 period, when anthropogenic CO2 emissions were flat and low?

Upper - level contributions are stronger in eastern than in western ocean basins, while the opposite applies to surface and lower - level contributions.

The ice2sea projections based on simulations of physical processes suggest lower overall contributions from melting ice to sea - level rise than many studies published since AR4.

The authors find «a relatively low contribution to Last Interglacial sea level rise from Greenland melting... The resistance of Greenland to thaw despite much higher temperatures [8 C] during the last interglacial led warmist blogger Andy Rivkin of the NY Times to remark,»... Greenland doesn't need «saving»

To avoid locking in low levels of ambition, and to stay in sync with IPCC assessment reports and political decision - making cycles, ECO thinks that all parties should bring 5 - year contribution periods.

Despite higher temperature change projections in this assessment, the sea level projections are slightly lower, primarily due to the use of improved models which give a smaller contribution from glaciers and ice sheets.

The pattern of SW cloud fraction response to SST changes differs quite markedly to this, with large positive radiation responses originating in the upper troposphere, positive contributions in the lowest levels and patterns of positive / negative contributions in mid latitude low levels.

In contrast to the polar regions, the network of lower latitude small glaciers and ice caps, although making up only about four percent of the total land ice area or about 760,000 square kilometers, may have provided as much as 60 percent of the total glacier contribution to sea level change since 1990s (Meier et al. 2007).

Paolo Frankl, Head of IEA's Renewable Energy Division, commented: «Given that global energy demand for heat represents almost half of the world's final energy use - more than the combined global demand for electricity and transport - solar heat can make a significant contribution in both tackling climate change and strengthening energy security, The IEA's Solar Heating and Cooling Roadmap outlines how best to advance the global uptake of solar heating and cooling (SHC) technologies, which, it notes, involve very low levels of greenhouse - gas emissions.

For obvious reasons, most firms attempt to measure individual profitability, but many end up including overhead expenses in their calculations, which is really just a numbers game and tends to put lower - level timekeepers at a disadvantage in calculating their profitability contribution.

The premium payable by the employer is usually less than the total contribution being paid by the employer to Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (R.P.F.C), particularly when the salary level is high and average age of the group is low

«It is a waste of personal ability and the public investment in their education to place those with degrees into short - term, low - skilled jobs or even onto the dole queue when opportunities exist, in the form of internships, for them to develop skills, make a valuable contribution and earn graduate - level work.»

Based on the previous research, we aimed to investigate the contribution of a set of risk factors that might be associated with relationship dissolution, such as: relationship dissatisfaction, emotional distress, enduring strain, and demographic variables (low educational level and unemployment).

Alternatively, another study indicated that when examining the role of life events and difficulties, it was found that total level of stress interacted with low self - esteem in predicting depression, whereas self - esteem alone made no direct contribution (Miller et al., 1989).

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for Australia's aid groups, has published a detailed analysis, saying Australia's aid contribution as a share of gross national income in 2017 - 18 will be 0.22 per cent, «once again plunging aid to new all - time low levels of generosity» and failing to match - up to the reality of global challenges, like climate change, food crises and the insecurity faced by displaced people.