IRA Contribution Deadline
If you haven’t already contributed to an IRA (Individual Retirement Account), there’s still time to do so. Many people don’t know that the 2025 contribution deadline is April 15, 2026.1 However, if you do decide to contribute, you must designate the year you are contributing for. (In this case, 2025.) Your tax preparer should be able to help you fill out the necessary forms, but please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or need help.
The maximum amount you can contribute is $7,000 if you’re under 50, and $8,000 if you are age 50 or older.2 This applies to both traditional and Roth IRAs. If you’re unsure whether to contribute, remember:
- Contributions to traditional IRAs are tax-deferred, making them an effective way to decrease your tax bill each year. And while distributions from IRAs are taxed as income, your tax rate after retirement could possibly be lower than it is now, lessening the impact.
- Contributions to a Roth IRA, on the other hand, are made with after-tax assets. However, the advantage of a Roth IRA is that withdrawals (distributions) are usually tax-free.
- Whichever type you use, IRAs provide a great, tax-advantaged way to save for retirement.
If you have yet to set up an IRA for 2025, you can still do that. The deadline to establish an IRA is also April 15th. In other words, if you want to take advantage of the benefits an IRA has to offer, there’s still time to do so, either by contributing to an existing account or by establishing a new one.
If you have any questions about IRAs – whether one is right for you, how it should be managed, or anything else – please give us a call at 518-499-4565 or toll-free at 866-998-7331. We’d be happy to help you.
1 “2025 Instructions for Form 8606,” IRS, https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i8606.pdf
2 “IRA Contribution Limits,” IRS, https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-ira-contribution-limits
