dmertz
Level 15

Retirement tax questions

Assuming that you are a sole proprietor do not have another job which would cause to to max out the Social Security wage base, with $10,000 of net profit you have only $9,293 of net earnings.  Net earnings are net profit minus the deductible portion of self-employment taxes.

 

With $9,293 of net earnings you can contribute $9,293 as a Roth contribution to a 401(k) and $6,500 to the Roth IRA.  Only deductible 401(k) contributions reduce the amount of compensation available to contribute to a Roth IRA, so the same dollars used to support the Roth 401(k) contribution can be used to support the Roth IRA contribution.

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