Lifetime Planner - Roth IRA Contributions

dshan1061

I have started playing around with the LTP. Several things are confusing/unknown to me currently, but I found something that just looks like a possible bug in the Roth Contributions limits. The attached pics are a test I made in the LTP. In the LTP, I show total salary of $110k. My 401k contributions are 11.5% ($12,650) and the employer match is 8.5% ($9,350) for total 401k contributions of $22,000. I also show $6,000 contribution to my Roth IRA (2nd attached pic). In total, I would expect LTP to show $28,000 in my tax-deferred savings, however, it only shows $27,500. Being exactly $500 off (which is still the case when I use my actual salary figures, rounded to whole dollars, for both my wife and me as well) would lead me to believe that maybe the contribution limit hasn't been updated since 2018 (when it was $5,500/year). Also, in my actual Quicken file, I exported all years out through retirement, and each year was off by $500.

Version installed is: R34.15

Thanks for looking.

mshiggins

LTP has had longstanding issues with tax-deferred contribution limits not being kept up to date. The standard workaround is to create multiple contributions, e.g., two contributions of $3000 each to total $6000 for an IRA. 

You may want to peruse this list of issues and feature requests. 

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7713110/lifetime-planner-bug-and-idea-list-make-yourself-heard

mshiggins

LTP has had longstanding issues with tax-deferred contribution limits not being kept up to date. The standard workaround is to create multiple contributions, e.g., two contributions of $3000 each to total $6000 for an IRA. 

You may want to peruse this list of issues and feature requests. 

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7713110/lifetime-planner-bug-and-idea-list-make-yourself-heard

dshan1061

Thank you. I searched, but didn’t find any discussions asking the same question. Poor search skills probably. I do like the suggestion of just adding a second contribution.