Anyone ever temporarily lower 401K contribution to increase bonus cash payout?

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Yes, when the paycheck with bonus pay out comes, I reduce my 401k contribution. Once I’m paid out, I go back to my normal %

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What's the rationale behind doing this?

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Doesn’t matter if you’re contributing to the max limits.

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It matters for timing. I don’t want an usually large contribution being applied at an otherwise random market time so I lower it to make the dollar cost average the same

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Accenture has been tempting me by sending repeated emails reminding us to check out 401 contributions because they’re applied to bonuses. Bastards

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At most firms you elect a different % for pay outside of your salary.

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^maybe that's why they send all the emails about it haha

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Your future self will love your current self for contributing your bonus to your 401k. Everyone’s financial profile is different, but an amazing goal is to max it out at $18.5k at which point the contribution is automatically stopped.

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Yes I change it every time. I still max out my 401k in the year so I’m not missing any match or total contribution. Pretty sure that the tax on it makes it a wash, but I get the cash earlier in the year as opposed to once I max out.

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Whaaaat?

Huron is the same.. I don’t change it but I’ve thought about it

Same question could apply to paycheck, right OP? 401k election is just a function of targeted savings level

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Just because you’re doing 18.5 doesn’t mean you can’t lose out on some match. Unless your firm does an end of year true up, setting bonus 401k to 0 will forfeit some match

At PwC I continue after tax if I max out early do that I get the match.

I stopped it because I thought I’d miss out on PwC match because the bonus contribution would put me at 18.5 before the end of the year. Maybe I misunderstood

Don’t do it. Buy the dip!

Are you not maxing your 401k with regular comp?

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