You’re not alone if you’re 50 or older and feeling behind on. Often, people reach their peak earning years without having saved enough for the retirement they envisioned. A Bankrate survey found that ...

SIMPLE plan participants: The standard contribution limit is $16,500 for 2025, with a regular catch-up of $3,500 for those ...

Since 2002, retirement savers age 50 and over have had the option of making “catch-up” contributions to their 401 (k) plans, which stack on top of the regular limits for employee contributions to ...

Starting the year you turn 50, you can increase retirement contributions by an amount set by the IRS. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

There's a brief window in your working life that just got a whole lot more valuable for retirement savings. If you're between 60 and 63, you might have noticed something changed this year. A major ...

For years, catch-up contributions were one of the few simple things left in the 401(k) world. If you were 50 or older, you could defer more. Payroll processed it. Providers administered it. Plan ...

In January 2026, the new Roth catch-up rules take effect. The mandate prevents workers over 50 who earned more than $150,000 the prior year from making pre-tax catch-up contributions to their 401(k).

In January, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations on the catch-up contribution provisions under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE ...

This year, your high-earning clients age 50 and older who want to maximize their 401(k)s in their final working years can no longer claim catch-up contributions as an upfront deduction. Those who are ...

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When the IRS published its final regulations governing Roth source catch-up contributions in the Federal Register on September 16, the countdown clock started. On January 1, 2026, employees age 50 and ...

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