Both Employers and Employees May Contribute to Defined Contribution Plans

question 51

True/False

Both employers and employees may contribute to defined contribution plans. However, the amount that employees may contribute to the plan in a given year is limited by the tax law while the amount that employers may contribute is not.

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Definitions:

Variable Labor Input

Labor whose usage level can be changed in the short term to match the level of output production.

Lowest Cost Level

The point at which a business can produce its goods or services at the minimum possible cost.

Average Total

The sum of all the costs of production (fixed and variable) divided by the total quantity produced; often referred to as average total cost.

Marginal Cost Curve

A graphical representation showing how the marginal cost varies with the quantity of output produced, typically U-shaped due to economies and diseconomies of scale.