When people are in their 20s and even 30s, they often focus their finances on paying off debts, starting a family, and buying a home. By the time they start focusing more on growing a nest egg for ...

Designed to bolster retirement savings, catch-up contributions give you an opportunity to fast-track your financial readiness before you actually retire. Yet many people either underutilize them or ...

When people are in their 20s and even 30s, they often focus their finances on paying off debts, starting a family, and buying a home. By the time they start focusing more on growing a nest egg for ...

For 2025, you can defer up to $23,500 into your 401(k), and workers age 50 and older can make an extra $7,500 in catch-up contributions. Starting this year, workers age 60 to 63 can make "super ...

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).

The IRS has announced the 401(k) catch-up contribution limits for 2026. The 401(k) catch-up contribution limit will rise to $8,000, up from $7,500 in 2025. Investors age 60 to 63 can save $11,250 for ...

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

On September 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations implementing the Roth catch-up contribution provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 15, 2025, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued final regulations (“Final Regulations”) implementing key provisions of the ...

Trina Paul is a Breaking News and Personal Finance Writer at Investopedia, covering topics like retirement, consumer debt, and retail investing. She focuses on making complex financial topics ...

With less than half of Americans on track for retirement, according to the latest Vanguard Retirement Outlook, many people feel the need to catch up. Much of the advice online can feel too generic, ...