From a recent email – I love your site! (Thank you…) I’ve been working on a basic plan for managing my finances. Could you write a post about your current plan? Or maybe a post about some of the things you’ve done to get where you are? Thanks! I love it when I get questions like these. It makes me…
Category: Retirement
12 Months To A Fully-Funded Roth IRA
Are you a procrastinator? Good news. Even if you missed the first four months of 2009, you still have a full “year” to make contributions! That’s right. The contribution time-table runs from January 1, 2009 until April 15, 2010. For most folks, the annual contribution limit for a Roth IRA is $5000. (See IRS Publication 590 for complete information about…
Retirement And Education Savings Goals
Here are my after-tax retirement and education savings goals for 2008/2009/2010. Contributions to Roth IRAs and ESAs can be made from December of one year until April of the next year. I have three children, and I have five months to fully-fund 2008 ESAs for each of them. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to afford to do this,…