https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/i-am-70-and-1-2-as-of-february-13-2019-can-i-still-make-an-ira-contribution-for-the-tax-year-ended/01/246757#M20995 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:12:00 GMT woodrj13 2019-06-01T20:12:00Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/i-am-70-and-1-2-as-of-february-13-2019-can-i-still-make-an-ira-contribution-for-the-tax-year-ended/01/246757#M20995 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:12:00 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/i-am-70-and-1-2-as-of-february-13-2019-can-i-still-make-an-ira-contribution-for-the-tax-year-ended/01/246757#M20995 woodrj13 2019-06-01T20:12:00Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/contributions-must-be-made-by-due-date-contributions-can/01/246760#M20996 <P>Contributions must be made by due date. Contributions can be made to your traditional IRA for a year at any time during the year or by the due date for filing your return for that year, not including extensions.</P><P>this is so, even if you e-File today.</P><P>make sure the custodian knows to mark it "For 2018".</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:12:01 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/contributions-must-be-made-by-due-date-contributions-can/01/246760#M20996 fanfare 2019-06-01T20:12:01Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/as-long-as-you-have-sufficient-compensation-to-support-an/01/246768#M20997 As long as you have sufficient compensation to support an IRA contribution, you can make a traditional IRA contribution for 2018 because you did not reach age 70½ until 2019. Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:12:02 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/as-long-as-you-have-sufficient-compensation-to-support-an/01/246768#M20997 dmertz 2019-06-01T20:12:02Z