The Roth Catch-Up Rule at 50: What Changes for High Earners
If you are over 50 and earned more than $150,000 last year, your extra 401(k) savings now go in after tax. Here is what that costs and what to check.
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Retirement Money Writer
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Tobias is in his early fifties and came to personal finance writing the long way round, after a decade of muddling through his own retirement paperwork and realizing most explanations were written for people who already understood them. At Simply Forties he covers retirement money in midlife: shortfalls, combining old accounts, what changes when you change jobs, and deciding what is actually worth worrying about. He writes general information rather than advice and is cheerfully insistent that readers talk to a qualified, regulated adviser before big moves.
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