Either Roth IRA or regular IRA
Depending on your tax bracket, present and future.
If present tax bracket high, the future bracket lower, then go regular IRA.
In contrast, if present tax bracket low, the future bracket higher, then go Roth IRA.
The high incomers whose AGI>183,000 are not eligible to contribute to ROTH IRA.
However, they can contribute non-deductible traditional IRA $5000/year and then convert to ROTH IRA.
Employers of all sizes sponsor 401k plans. In many instances you can start contributing to the plan form the day you start your job.
In contrast, 403b plans are only accessible to school employers, people working for certain tax-exempt entities, and certain ministers such as those employed as prison chaplains.
How can you put savings in both 401k and 403b? 2 jobs?
quantx 发表于 2012-6-2 16:31
Employers of all sizes sponsor 401k plans. In many instances you can start contributing to the pla ...
Not sure other jobs, but our University allows to put regular 401k, and 403b, 457b......so, if one person with salary >150K and likes to reduce taxpay, then he/she can contribute 17000 into 403B+17000 into 4587B + regular 401k 18000 = total $52000. then pre-taxed pay down to 150000-52000 =98000.... very good to use pre-taxed money for investment
Why there is the minimal salary requirement for 457(b)?
There was no minimal salary requirment for 457 (b) in my previous school. I just moved to a new school. Unfortunately, there is a minimal salary requiremnt for 457 (b) (>=180K). I went to the IRS website and couldnot find the minimal salary requirement for 457 (b). As my salary is much lower than 180 K, is it possible for my new to allow me to have 457 (b) as a match for my old school 457 (b) benefit?
yuxiaohong 发表于 2012-7-28 11:09 AM
Why there is the minimal salary requirement for 457(b)?
There was no minimal salary requirment fo ...
you misunderstood this issue........
this is no mimium salary requirement for 403b, 457 b............what i mean is .---- if you have a very high salary, then you can put more money into 403b,457b, which will greatly reduce your taxpay.....and instead, you can use this pre-taxed $$$ for investment. doesn't it make sense?