First time backdoor roth with fidelity.
Back door roth 2018 fidelity.
2 the news for high income taxpayers is that they can still benefit from a roth ira if they re willing to take 1 of 2 indirect routes to get there.
Using the mega backdoor roth method was cumbersome previously.
I think you should be able to use the rollover ira for contributions.
For 2018 those with magi between 120 000 and 135 000 are eligible to make partial contributions.
For 2018 you have to make less than 189 000 if you are married filing jointly to contribute the full 5 500.
But i learned fidelity has now worked it out so that after tax contributions will be automatically scraped every month and put into a roth ira.
For 2017 those with magi between 118 000 and 133 000 are eligible to make partial contributions.
On top of this if employers allow you can do the mega backdoor roth which is what this post is about.
It can t grow that much.
This is called backdoor roth and can be done by anyone irrespective of employer.
You have until april 15 2019 to contribute to a roth ira for 2018.
Converting either traditional ira or 401 k dollars to a roth ira.
How to do backdoor roth on fidelity.
This strategy is sometimes called a back door roth contribution.
Use fidelity s ira contribution calculator to determine your partial contribution amount.
From 189 000 to 198 999 the amount begins to be phased.
The reason to do a backdoor roth ira as opposed to just funding it through the front door is because there are income limitations for contributing.
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Tax laws and regulations are complex and subject to change which can materially impact investment results.
But if you earn more than the cutoff and you want to make a back door roth contribution it s important to consider the total.
In this instance 12 31 2018.
In 2020 the direct contributions to a roth are as followed.
You can convert the 37 cents pretax balance and pay the rounded to 0 income tax if you want or wait until the next backdoor.
The backdoor roth conversion is a way to be able to use a roth ira if you make too much money.
Not everyone however can make a direct contribution to a roth ira because of income limits on eligibility.
Just funded my traditional ira went to convert and got this message.
So this brings the total tax advantaged contribution amount possible to 57k pre post tax via 401k 6k via traditional ira to roth backdoor 3550 hsa.
You had to really know what you are doing and then make periodic phone calls to to a conversion.
If you re single and have an adjusted gross income agi between 124k 139k you can make a partial contribution.
For more detail see converting your traditional ira to a roth ira.
2018 you are still fine.
