Pre-tax contributions: take less, get more?
Put $100 into retirement and your pay drops by less than $100. How?
The simple version
In many countries, retirement contributions come out before income tax (for example a traditional 401(k) in the US or salary sacrifice in the UK). Because you don't pay tax on that money now, it costs you less than it's worth.
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