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Episode 54: Why Do Small Businesses Rarely Claim Tax Credits for Offering Retirement Plans?
Listen to this audio of a GeorgetownCRI webinar held on September 10, 2025 exploring why so few small businesses take advantage of tax credits designed to help them offer retirement plans. Despite substantial expansions to the Section 45E tax credit through the SECURE Acts, fewer than 6% of eligible firms actually claim it—a puzzle that a new CRI working paper, cross-published by NBER, seeks to unravel. Joining moderator Angela Antonelli, Executive Director of Georgetown's Center for Retirement Initiatives, are panelists Adam Bloomfield, Non-Resident Scholar at CRI; Stephanie Liu Cossart…
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