A company match is a fantastic thing to offer your employees in a defined contribution (like 401k or 403b) plan. There are numerous studies that have shown that participation increases significantly when a match is offered, which will eventually turn into more people getting on the right track to be able to retire someday.

One of the perils of making “too much” money, or rather, hitting the IRS’s ceiling for the 401(a)(17)/404(l) compensation limit, is that you likely won’t be able to put enough money in your company’s retirement plan to fully fund your retirement.  (In other words, if you make more than $250,000, this generally applies to you.)  Discrimination testing in 401k plans often leads to the highly compensated employees being limited to how much they can contribute, so in addition to already being mathematically unable to save enough even if they max out (2013 max is $17,500 or $22,500 if you’re 50+), now they’re even more behind.  What to do?