This calculator
assumes maximum contributions, including «catch - up» contributions for those age 50 and older.
Not exact matches
Assuming you're eligible for both, you can contribute to a traditional and a Roth IRA during the same year, as long as the total amount does not exceed the
maximum allowable
contribution limit of $ 5,500, or $ 6,500 if you're age 50 and over.
Instead of a fixed
contribution, a
maximum contribution allowed by law in each historical year was
assumed.
In addition, it
assumes that the
contribution is fixed at a currently allowed
maximum amount, even though in recent years the
maximum has been revised upwards to approximate inflation (granted, historical
maximum contribution was fixed at $ 2,000 between 1981 and 2001).
Runchey says some of the larger discrepancies occur where the Service Canada estimates
assume that you continue to make
maximum contributions but instead you retire, stop contributing, defer on CPP benefits and have also used up all your standard low - income «drop - out» years.
Assuming your earnings average $ 75,000 prior to retirement, inflation is 2.5 %, you earn a rate of return of 5 % on your RSPs, you get
maximum Canada Pension and Old Age Security and you make no additional
contributions to your RSP, you can expect after - tax income of roughly $ 43,000 in today's dollars through to your age 95.
And if you can't contribute the
maximum, at least defer enough to receive the entire company match
contribution,
assuming your employer's plan offers one.
Assuming you're eligible for both, you can contribute to a traditional and a Roth IRA during the same year, as long as the total amount does not exceed the
maximum allowable
contribution limit of $ 5,500, or $ 6,500 if you're age 50 and over.
Here we
assume you're maxing out your RRSP every year, so your annual
contribution is 18 % of earned income to a
maximum of $ 22,000.
You'd actually get there several years sooner,
assuming you contribute the IRA
maximum as it increases with inflation and also begin making catch - up
contributions (an additional $ 1,000 a year currently) once you hit age 50.
They also
assume you have made the
maximum RRSP
contribution of 18 % of last year's income for your salary level, or the
maximum allowed, as in the case of the $ 150,000 earned income example.
To arrive at that figure, NerdWallet
assumes the
maximum allowable annual
contribution of $ 5,500 a year is made to both the traditional and Roth IRA account for 30 years.
Am I correct that as of Dec 31, 2012,
assuming one was 18 + since the inception of TFSAs, my
maximum contribution limit would be $ 20,000?
The data
assume employees make
contributions necessary to receive the
maximum matching
contribution.
Let's
assume you have $ 41,000 in your TFSA already, which is the
maximum possible
contribution thus far.
The
maximum basic CESG you could get in 1998 - 2006 was $ 800
assuming the child had unused
contribution room from previous years.
The data
assume employees make the
contributions necessary to receive the
maximum matching
contribution and exclude 24 traditional DB plan sponsors.
The potential for a solar
contribution is slightly higher (perhaps up to 10 %
assuming maximum estimates for the forcing and impacts).
The
maximum amount,
assuming you've been maxing out your Social Security
contributions, is $ 2,687.