Receiving your deferred compensation in installments over several years can reduce your tax bill, because the smaller installment payments will typically be taxed at a lower rate than a larger lump-sum payment will be.
How Can I Reduce My California Taxable Income? Claim Your Home Office Deduction. Start a Health Savings Account. Write Off Business Trips. Itemize Your Deductions. Claim Military Members Deductions. Donate Stock to Avoid Capital Gains Tax. Defer Your Taxes. Shift Your Income In Other Directions.
Elective deferral limit The amount you can defer (including pre-tax and Roth contributions) to all your plans (not including 457(b) plans) is $23,000 in 2024 ($22,500 in 2023; $20,500 in 2022; $19,500 in 2020 and 2021; $19,000 in 2021).
If you take your deferred compensation payments over a period of 10 years or more, those payments will be taxed in the state where you reside, rather than in the state in which you earned the compensation, possibly reducing your state income taxes.
What is the BART 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan? You make contributions from each paycheck that are invested with the goal of generating even more savings for your retirement. You choose how your savings are invested.