Do you FIRE people contribute to Roth 401K or Traditional 401K? 👀

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Roth

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Traditional

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Traditional for 1. Tax defferal and 2. Roth conversion ladder when the RE part of FIRE hits.

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The proposed regulation would remove the backdoor loophole, yes. If that happens we’ll see, but it shouldn’t impact this strategy with current funds

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Even split

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Traditional for tax break. Done the math and traditional wins at our tax bracket.

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Traditional

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Roth with my contributions, employer match goes to traditional

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What are the ways to make money in Roth IRA account grow?

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The same way you make it grow in any account

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Build up a ROTH so you can draw on it early if you retire early. Then when you have enough switch to traditional.

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Just do both but early in career favor Roth and vice versa

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Roth is pretty difficult over like $140k right?

Don’t confuse IRA and 401k -

For IRA: any high earners (most consultants) will not be able to do a traditional IRA and deduct it, so there’s no reason to do so. The only other option for growing an IRA is a backdoor Roth.

For 401k: there are no income restrictions, just contribution limits of $19.5k. Whether you choose Roth or traditional is up to you

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