Welcome back to PSA Thursday, a weekly-ish segment in which we talk about how to handle money, work, and life in the year that is 2020.
Today, we focus on the importance of year-end tax planning. Make these moves before ringing in 2021!
Here are the tips we cover:
- Open a retirement account (make contributions in 2021 that apply to 2020)
- Adjust your tax withholdings
- Check your 529 Plan (do your contributions qualify for a state income tax deduction or credit?)
- Make charitable contributions
- Why this could be a good year to make a Roth conversion
- Spend down the balance in your FSA (you can only roll over up to $500)
Details about each of these tips are in the episode.
Enjoy, and Happy Holidays!
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Blake
Hi Paula – great episode, but I think there was one error. You were saying that you need to *open* a Roth or Traditional IRA by Dec 31 if you want to make 2020 contributions, even though you can fund it until April 15 2021. I don’t believe that’s correct; you can open the account in early April 2021 and still make 2020 contributions.
What you said is correct for adopting a Solo 401k, but not an IRA, unless I’m mistaken.