Tag: traditional ira
The brief’s key findings are: The Federal Reserve’s 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances offers an opportunity to examine households’ holdings in 401(k)s and IRAs. For working households nearing retirement with a 401(k), median combined 401(k)/IRA balances rose from $111,000 in 2013 to $135,000 in 2016. While growing balances are encouraging, $135,000 provides only $600 per…
Shift to Roth accounts could pay for tax cuts – at least in the short run. “Word has it” that the Congress will be looking for revenues to finance tax cuts and that one possibility would be to shift IRAs and 401(k) plans from the traditional form to a Roth. Contributions to a traditional 401(k)…
