Your Workplace Retirement Plan Advantage Welcome to Your Workplace Retirement Plan Advantage, part of an educational program by The Hartford that’s designed to help you plan more effectively for your retirement. In this presentation, we’ll discuss the importance of saving, and how taking advantage of your employer’s retirement plan may give you the best opportunity to achieve the kind of retirement you want. [click]

Crop image into this 3.5” x 5” area The importance of saving. Crop image into this 3.5” x 5” area (delete this text) Reaching a comfortable retirement doesn’t just happen, it takes planning. And a big part of planning involves saving. Fortunately, your employer’s retirement plan makes saving convenient. [click]

Why start saving now? People are living longer and healthier lives. You could spend 20 or more years in retirement.* Most experts suggest you’ll need 70–90% of your current income in retirement.** You want work to be a choice, not a necessity. There are many reasons why you need to save now for retirement. People are living longer and healthier lives. That means you could spend 20 or 30 more years in retirement. That’s good news. But, it also means that you have a greater risk of outliving your income than your parents did. Most experts suggest that you will need 70–90% of your current income in retirement. But without planning, many of us will not have the full amount we need to retire at age 65, so we may have to continue working at least part-time during our retirement years. But we want that to be a choice, not a necessity. [click] *National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No.10, 2008 **Mutual Fund Education Alliance, “How Much Will I Need?,” 2008

What are your sources of retirement income? 2% Other Sources 15% Savings/Asset Income 18% Pensions/401(k) 28% Work Income Sources of retirement income 37% Social Security Some people think that retirement will just take care of itself through Social Security or other sources. But Social Security was never meant to replace all your income, and it may account for only about 37% of what you may need. That means that you may need to come up with 63% of your income yourself – this is what is known as your “retirement gap”. [click] Age 65 and older. Source: Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-related Statistics, 2008, “Older Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Well-being,” table 9A.

Things may cost more. Value of $10,000 at various inflation rates* Years after start of retirement Inflation Rate 2% 4% 6% 8% 5 $9,057 $8,219 $7,473 $6,806 10 $8,203 $6,756 $5,584 $4,632 15 $7,430 $5,553 $4,173 $3,152 20 $6,730 $4,564 $3,118 $2,145 Another reason it’s important to save now is because things may cost more in the future, due to inflation. Let’s assume that you retire this year, with a nest egg worth $10,000. If inflation hypothetically is at 4% five years after your retirement, the value of $10,000 in today’s dollars will be only $8,219 in future dollars. Twenty years after you’ve retired, and with the hypothetical inflation rate at 6%, your $10,000 will only be worth $3,118! So while you may feel that you are adequately preparing for retirement, remember that the effect of inflation can substantially reduce the purchasing power of your nest egg in the future. Be sure to invest your money in a way that can help overcome the impact of inflation.[click] *Inflation has averaged 8.77% over the last 30 years as of Jan. 1, 2010. Inflation is represented by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is a measure of change in consumer prices as determined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Put yourself first. The most important reasons to save? You deserve a great retirement. Your financial independence is a necessity. The most important reasons to save are because [click] you work really hard and you deserve a great retirement. In addition, your future and financial independence are a necessity, not a luxury. It’s important to put yourself first when it comes to saving for retirement, and there is no better time than now. [click]

Crop image into this 3.5” x 5” area Your employer’s plan can help you save. Crop image into this 3.5” x 5” area (delete this text) Now that you know that it’s important to save, let’s look at how your employer’s plan can help. [click]

Your plan can help you save. About your employer’s plan. You can make pre-tax contributions to the plan. Taxes are deferred until you withdraw money (generally at retirement). You choose from the investment options offered by your plan. Your workplace retirement plan has tax advantages. Your contribution is deducted from your pay before income taxes are taken out. By contributing to your plan on a pre-tax basis, you lower the amount of current taxes you pay each pay period. Taxes are deferred until you withdraw money at retirement — which means that you’re taxed when you take money out, but not when you put it in. You also choose from a selection of investment options offered by your plan. [click]

Advantages of your workplace retirement plan. Convenient automatic payroll deductions Pre-tax savings Tax-deferred compounding Convenient payroll deductions make it easy for you to set money aside. The money comes out of each paycheck automatically, so it’s deposited to your account before you even see it. If you don’t see the money, you aren’t tempted to spend it. But the real benefits to saving in your plan come from pre-tax saving and … tax-deferred compounding. [click]

The power of pre-tax saving. 375.00 16.83 24.04 5% 450.00 20.19 28.85 6% 525.00 23.56 33.65 7% 600.00 26.92 38.46 8% 300.00 13.46 19.23 4% 225.00 150.00 And your annual tax savings is about 10.10 6.73 Your net pay is reduced by The benefits of pre-tax savings 14.42 3% 9.62 2% It equals this dollar amount When you contribute weekly This chart shows the benefits of pre-tax saving. The numbers here are based on a $25,000 annual salary. Let’s say you put 6% of your pay into your employer’s plan. While $28.85 goes into your account, your net pay is reduced by only $20.19. The difference — about $450 a year — is your tax savings. And as you can see, the tax savings go up as you increase the percentage you contribute. At an 8% contribution rate, the savings is about $600 a year in taxes. That’s more money that you’re saving for your future. [click] Assumes a single taxpayer with zero exemptions and $25,000 annual income, weekly paychecks, and 25% federal and 5% state income tax withheld. This data is hypothetical and for illustrative purposes only.

The power of tax-deferred growth. The second advantage of your employer’s plan is that you may benefit from tax-deferred growth. In addition to your contributions, any potential earnings in your account are tax-deferred (not taxed until they are withdrawn), as well. Over time, tax-deferred savings may dramatically increase the value of your account. This chart shows the growth of a hypothetical $1,500 year investment (divided into equal contributions of about $29 a week) after 30 years, in both a taxable savings account and a tax-deferred account. Of course, with before-tax contributions, you will have to pay taxes when you withdraw your money from the tax-deferred account. But if you decide to stop working and take all your money out at age 65, you may still end up with more than you would in a taxable account. [click] Hypothetical results are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to represent the future performance of any investment option. The principal value and the return of the investment options will fluctuate with changes in market conditions, and shares or units, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original value. Hypothetical example for the before-tax savings is based on a pre-tax contribution of $1,500 per year compounded weekly at a hypothetical 6% return, tax-deferred. The example shown for the regular savings is based on a $1,500 after-tax annual contribution, compounded weekly at a hypothetical 6%.

Smart saving starts early. So pre-tax contributions and tax-deferred earnings potential are two compelling reasons to take advantage of your employer’s retirement plan. Starting early puts the advantage of time on your side – as illustrated by two coworkers, Pat and Miguel. Both saved about $29 a week until they retired at age 65. But Pat started when he was 25 and Miguel waited until he was 35. Pat’s money had longer to grow. Those 10 years of waiting cost Miguel $124,115. [click] Hypothetical results are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to represent the future performance of any investment option. The principal value and the return of the investment options will fluctuate with changes in market conditions, and shares or units, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Taxes may be due upon withdrawal. Hypothetical examples assume weekly contributions earning a hypothetical 6% annual return. Tax-deferred results assume no interim distributions.

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