plan limitation table - those strange items

[Tom Poje]

the following websites

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/AWI.html

contains the info that can be used to update some of those valuations on the plan limitations table I have no idea what some of them might be used for, but what the heck.

The National Avg Wage base can be found on this page.

Cost of living table found here:

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/colaseries.html

taxable wage base (hey at least i know what this one is used for!)

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/cbb.html

bend points

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/piaformula.html

all the history, how the calculations are done etc are discussed - I suppose if you have insomnia or something like that.