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All About IRAs

Triston Martin

Dec 17, 2023

You can open as many IRAs as you choose. You must do more than just max up all of your accounts because you will still be subject to your annual contribution limits.

If you have two separate IRAs, you can split the allowable contribution between them. IRA annual contribution limits are set at $6,000 in 2022. For instance, if you had two separate IRAs, you could each put away $3,000 without exceeding the total limit of $6,000. To an IRA in 2023, you can put up to $6,500.

Wages, salaries, or self-employment income are all acceptable forms of compensation for the contribution year. This definition does not include pensions, annuities, interest, dividends, and rental income.

The number of traditional IRAs (individual retirement accounts) you can open is unlimited. To avoid exceeding annual contribution restrictions, opening up to one IRA in a given year is possible. With your help, you may quadruple your retirement savings if your partner earns little or nothing. Fees related to each account could reduce the total returns.

What You Need to Know

In recent years, IRAs have undergone several modifications. The SECURE Act, which aims to improve retirement security for all Americans, became law in December 2019. The SECURE Act got rid of the prior age limit of 7012, which was in place for traditional IRA donations.

You can open a Roth IRA at any age if you are employed and earn enough money to qualify. Contributions to a Roth IRA aren't tax-deductible in the year they're made, but withdrawals made after the account has been open for at least five years and the account holder is above the age of 59 and a half are free of taxes.

A traditional IRA, on the other hand, allows you to deduct your contributions in the year you make them, but your withdrawals in retirement will be subject to income tax at your individual rate in the year you take them out.

Individual Retirement Account Limits

Remember that your total yearly contributions to all your IRAs must be within limits set by the IRS. In 2022, you can put up to $6,000 (rising to $6,500 in 2023) of your salary into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). Individuals aged 50 and over can contribute an additional $1,000 per year as a catch-up contribution, bringing their total annual contribution to $7,000 in 2022 and $7,500 in 2023.

Cash (including checks) is accepted for all regular IRA donations, but securities are not. You can donate the maximum to any IRA or split it up among several.

Restrictions on Roth Income

Due to the Roth IRA's income restrictions, those with higher incomes may find their ability to save for retirement in a Roth IRA either eliminated or subject to a phase-out or other contribution limits. However, your tax filing status might also affect the income threshold at which the phase-out begins.

You couldn't make a Roth IRA contribution if you earned more than $144,000 in 2022 (or $153,000 in 2023). For 2022 contributions, the income phase-out range was between $129,000 and $144,000, and it will be between $138,000 and $153,000 in 2023.

The maximum Roth IRA contribution for a married couple filing a joint tax return in 2022 was $214,000. In 2023, that number increased to $228,000. Phase-out levels of income are between $204,000 and $214,000 in 2022 and between $218,000 and $228,000 in 2023.

Spousal Support

Known as "spousal IRA contributions," these allow you to make payments on behalf of your spouse if they do not earn enough money to do it yourself. The rules for Roth IRA contributions are the same as those for traditional IRAs. Since spouses are not allowed to co-own IRAs, your partner will have their own. That can double a family's retirement savings.

To open a joint account with your spouse, please meet the following criteria: The IRS requires married couples to file a combined tax return. To make a gift, you must get the compensation that qualifies as such. As shown on your joint tax return, you and your spouse's combined contribution cannot exceed your combined taxable income from all sources.

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