The term "salary contribution" refers to a portion of an employee's salary that is paid by their employer towards certain benefits, such as pension or insurance plans.
Full definition
The SIMPLE IRA encourages your employees to save for retirement through
pre-tax salary contributions and allows you flexibility in how employer contributions can be made.
Our mission is to achieve Early Retirement by
maximising salary contributions, minimising fees, minimising taxes, maximising return through tactical allocations and minimising investing mistakes.
Many people are in a lower tax bracket after retirement, so
making salary contributions to a tax - deferred account can help lower their current tax liability while enabling them to pay a lower tax rate after retirement.
Where the applicant is already in receipt of a full salary (e.g. they are a permanent member of staff),
no salary contribution may be requested.
The remainder of the salary must be paid by the host institution and in this situation, the total value of the research award will be up to a maximum of $ 1,000,000, exclusive of the Research Body's
salary contribution and start - up costs.
The scheme provides
a salary contribution based on the SFI Research Fellow scale (Level 3), and institutional overheads, at 30 % of the value of the award (less equipment).
The Employees» Provident Fund Organisation diverts 8.33 % of the 12 %
salary contribution that the employers have made for their employees» EPF into the employees» EPS accounts.