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If you have passed the earning limit for a Roth IRA, you can use the backdoor Roth IRA which gets you to the same place. You can’t contribute to a Roth IRA but you can contribute to a traditional IRA. You contribute to a traditional Ira and immediately convert it to Roth. Assuming you don’t have any balance currently in a traditional iRA, you will pay no tax. If you have a traditional Ira balance you will pay prorata tax.
If you are saying the you are contributing to Roth IRA before getting full match in the 401k, that does not seem like a good idea to me. I would not put money in the IRA until you are hitting 6% in the 401k
Okay thank you. That's what I thought. It's just hard to contribute 6% each paycheck given my other expenses + debt and need to save. Will figure something out
*given that I've now passed the earning limit (single and married)
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Why can you not put more to 401k? That sounds odd for single and earning more than the limit.
@EY 1 it's definitely for an emergency fund or near term expenses. Now I have another bonus coming in this August, was looking to invest the new bonus (something low risk e.g. 1 year t-bill) and maybe take the cash from the last bonus I didn't use and put in the Roth IRA for this year.
Since you work for EY-P, take advantage of EY Navigate to help you with all of this using your exact numbers. It’s in our financial benefits on the EY intranet. They will help you prioritize your investment, savings and debt retirement strategy, considering your expenses and values (e.g., do you plan to pay for your kids’ college, would you like to create passive income). They will also help with tax strategy and have budget tools if you don’t have a good one you like already (I like YNAB better). Talk to EY Navigate both now and after you learn you PBB and salary increase on 8/5. I refresh with them every time there’s a change in our finances (salary changes, new care purchase, etc.) and I see the benefits in my reduced tax burden and increasing net worth over time.