When Congress passed The Revenue Act of 1978, which included a provision that became Internal Revenue Code Sec. 401(k), the U.S. government officially sanctioned tax-deferred salary reductions for contributions to retirement plans.
The Revenue Act of 1978 was a large tax bill that, among other things, reduced income taxes for individuals, estates and trusts for the taxable year beginning in 1979.
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