Retirement

12 Months To A Fully-Funded Roth IRA

Are you a procrastinator?  Good news.  Even if you missed the first four months of 2009,  you still have a full “year” to make contributions!  That’s right.  The contribution time-table runs from January 1, 2009 until April 15, 2010. For most folks, the annual contribution limit for a Roth IRA is $5000.  (See IRS Publication 590 for complete information about…

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College, Goals, Retirement

Retirement And Education Savings Goals

Here are my after-tax retirement and education savings goals for 2008/2009/2010. Contributions to Roth IRAs and ESAs can be made from December of one year until April of the next year. I have three children, and I have five months to fully-fund 2008 ESAs for each of them. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to afford to do this,…

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