Retirement tax questions

Yes ... please read the rules:  

General Limit For 2018, the most that can be contributed to your traditional IRA generally is the smaller of the following amounts. • $5,500 ($6,500 if you are age 50 or older). • Your taxable compensation (defined earlier) for the year.


What Isn’t Compensation? 

Compensation doesn’t include any of the following items. • Earnings and profits from property, such as rental income, interest income, and dividend income. • Pension or annuity income. • Deferred compensation received (compensation payments postponed from a past year). • Income from a partnership for which you don’t provide services that are a material income-producing factor. • Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) payments reported on Schedule SE (Form 1040), line 1b. • Any amounts (other than combat pay) you exclude from income, such as foreign earned income and housing costs.