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Old 10-26-2009, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by gertymac View Post
Is it better to calculate percentage of retirement savings based on pre or post tax salary?
Any suggestions you read about retirement savings are using gross income. So when an article says you should save 15% of income, they mean 15% before taxes.
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