[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 26CFR31.3121(a)(3)-1]

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                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 31_EMPLOYMENT TAXES AND COLLECTION OF INCOME TAX AT SOURCE--Table 
 
  Subpart B_Federal Insurance Contributions Act (Chapter 21, Internal 
                          Revenue Code of 1954)
 
Sec.  31.3121(a)(3)-1  Retirement payments.

    The term ``wages'' does not include any payment made by an employer 
to an employee (including any amount paid by an employer for insurance 
or annuities, or into a fund, to provide for any such payment) on 
account of the employee's retirement. Thus, payments made to an employee 
on account of his retirement are excluded from wages under this 
exception even though not made under a plan or system.