With cash-in-hand, I would like to invest the maximum amount into a 2024 Roth IRA. That number is a little confusing to understand. On one hand, my wife and I meet the age requirement and the income requirement. She doesn't work so am I restricted to a joint Roth, or can we each have one. Is it $7000 or $8000 (I believe $8k to be the $1k makeup total).
The additional confusion comes when considering other former 401K IRA investments. Do they limit or restrict the Roth investment?
Then I just read in TurboTax that a Traditional IRA was the way to go for a specific client, not a Roth.
So, I'm looking for advice.
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There is no such thing as a joint IRA, IRAs are owned by individuals only. However, a non-working spouse may contribute to an IRA using their working spouse's wages as the basis for the contribution.
To contribute to a Roth IRA, you must have compensation from working (wages or self-employment income). Your contribution limit is $7000, or $8000 if you are over age 50, or your compensation, whichever is less. Your spouse can contribute from your compensation ($7000 or $8000) a up to the amount of your compensation minus your contribution. (For example, if you are both over age 50 but your only wages were $10,000, you could contribute $8000 to an IRA in your name but your spouse could only contribute $2000 to an IRA in her name).
Then, if your income is over a certain limit, you may be completely disallowed from making any Roth IRA contributions, that is here.
If you can't make a Roth contribution because your income is too high, you can still make a non-deductible contribution to a traditional IRA. This has certain additional complications, especially if you already own an IRA, but we can go into that if needed.
Participation in a qualified workplace plan (401k, 403b or other qualified plan) does not affect your IRA limits. Even though the plans have a similar purpose, they have different limits and are covered by different laws, so a 401k does not disqualify you from contributing to a Roth IRA as long as your income is otherwise eligible.
@VolvoGirl wrote:
Is the increase age 55 or 50? IRS pub 590-A says 50.
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p590a.pdf
I originally wrote 50, didn't I? Unless someone else edited the post for me.
The IRA catchup provision is age 50 and older, the HSA catch-up provision is age 55 and older. I don't know why they are different and I do get them mixed up some times.
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