topic Re: Retirement plan contribution limits in Retirement tax questions

Retirement plan contribution limits

ThinkMaize — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 03:43:26 GMT

Let's say my:

Before Tax Income for the year: $10,000

Amount withheld and subsequently paid in income taxes: $2,000 ($1,500 Federal + $500 State)

Employee contribution to Roth 401K plan at work: $7,000

My question is: How much can I contribute to my Roth IRA that year?

$1,000? (After Tax Income - Contributions to other plans)

$3,000? (Total Income - Contributions to other plans)

$6,000? (Total Income up to $6,000/year limit regardless of my contributions to other plans)

Re: Retirement plan contribution limits

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 07:27:06 GMT

employer contributions are ignored, but your contributions are limited to the lesser of $6,000 or compensation

Re: Retirement plan contribution limits

dmertz — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 10:38:52 GMT

In this case your maximum IRA contribution is $6,000, the lesser of the $6,000 annual limit for someone under age 59½ in 2019 or the amount that will appear in box 1 of your W-2, $10,000.

Had your $7,000 of 401(k) contributions been to the traditional account in the 401(k) instead of to the Roth account, the amount that would appear in box 1 of your W-2 would be $3,000 and your maximum IRA contribution (assuming no compensation from another employer) would be $3,000.