Retirement tax questions

@Opus 17  Oops, I did actually mean "direct deposit" and not "payroll deduction."  We both have payroll deductions to our pre-tax workplace plans (a 403b for me and a 401k for her) and both had $500/month direct deposit to our private Roth IRAs before putting a stop to those early this year.  Thanks for the extra attention - very much appreciated.  I'll update my original post to fix the language.