Talk:SEP

Feel free to develope this page Blbarnitz 23:33, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Can the Expand template be removed? LadyGeek 02:18, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Move to Simplified Employee Pension?
Should this article be moved (leaving redirect) to Simplified Employee Pension? Searching for 'Simplified Pension Plan' on the wiki returns no articles. --Peculiar Investor 07:40, 24 November 2014 (CST)


 * I don't think so, as the common usage is per the acronym "SEP", much like "IRA" (Individual Retirement Arrangement is typically not spelled out). A similar usage is with the SIMPLE IRA. --LadyGeek 18:29, 24 November 2014 (CST)


 * I was assuming the novice reader and applying Wikipedia's Manual of Style for Abbreviations, with the idea that there would then be a redirect from SEP to the page to address the common usage. I'm unfamiliar with US tax code and common usage of acronyms, so I'll defer to your judgement and have added Simplified Employee Pension as a redirect to SEP. --Peculiar Investor 06:46, 25 November 2014 (CST)
 * Coming back to this again. As the Bogleheads and the wiki expand to serve a global audience, care needs to be taken on what is common usage. Per Manual of Style - Abbreviations which states "Acronyms should be used in a page name if the subject is known primarily by its abbreviation and that abbreviation is primarily associated with the subject". The acronym can still be part of the wiki as a redirect to the article. --Peculiar Investor 23:57, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * See the following from the 2020 Investment Company Institute (ICI) Fact Book for how Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plans are commonly referenced in the US: 2020 ICI Factbook, Chapter 8, Individual Retirement Accounts--Blbarnitz 11:14, 9 February 2021 (EST)
 * Wikipedia uses SEP-IRA which might be better. From my read of Wikipedia's Manual of Style section, the default should be NOT to use acronyms for the article title, then redirect the acronym to the article as required. Using three letter acronyms (TLAs) assumes the knowledge we're trying to share here. I don't see the downside to moving the article, while I see plenty of upside that might helpful newcomers and those less informed. --Peculiar Investor 11:26, 9 February 2021 (EST)