[Ipg-smz] Two lumps of "retirement" coal in my holiday stocking

[Evan Schuman]

Interesting. David, when did you join CMP? I’m asking because I joined in Oct ’88. And I remember telling me when I started that they had JUST eliminated their retirement accounts in favor of 401k and related efforts.

If you had joined earlier, this might refer to those older accounts. Unlikely, but maybe.

 

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From: Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org> On Behalf Of David Needle via Ipg-smz
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Subject: [Ipg-smz] Two lumps of "retirement" coal in my holiday stocking

 

 


I recently applied for social security - yeah, I'm that old. Sigh. But not retiring. 

 

Anyway, I just received two letters from the Social Security Administration headed 

Potential Private Retirement Benefit Information. 

 

Each one begins: "We are writing to tell you that you, or the worker whose Social Security number appears at the top of this form, MAY be entitled to some retirement benefits from a private employer .

 

Long story short, one letter says there is a "value" of $18,376 in a retirement account connected to CMP Publications reported in 1998 and the other lists $34,687 from Computer Currents Publishing reported in 1996. 

 

Both of those companies are long gone so I assume this is just some unresolved accounting by Social Security. While I don't remember these exacty figures, I did have a 401K at both companies so I assume that is what is this is in reference to and the money isn't actually owed to me or even exists anywhere as I would have rolled it over long ago. 

 

Oh well, got excited there for a minute. 

 

 

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