No, a 401k plan allows employees to contribute a portion of their wages to individual accounts. The contributions are deferred compensation and must be deducted from her paycheck. They are elective salary deferrals are excluded from the employee’s taxable income.
If you are able to make deductible contributions to a traditional IRA they could be used to reduce your 2016 tax liability.
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