Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the deadline to file taxes, which is April 15, 2022.
An IRA offers the chance to claim tax benefits for retirement savings, even if you don’t have a workplace 401(k) or you’d prefer not to use your employer-sponsored retirement account.
You can contribute up to $6,000 to a traditional or Roth IRA in 2021. And, if you’re 50 or over, can make an extra $1,000 catch-up contribution for a total of $7,000 invested.
If you haven’t yet maxed out your 2021 IRA, you may feel as though you’re just about out of time to put money into your retirement account for the current tax year. But the good news is, that’s not the case. You can actually continue working on your 2021 IRA contributions into 2022. Here’s why.
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The 2021 IRA contribution deadline doesn’t end when the year does
Unlike 401(k) contributions, the deadline for investing in your traditional or Roth IRA is not the end of the calendar year.
Instead, you can keep making 2021 contributions to this account until the deadline for submitting your tax returns for the year. That will be April 15, 2022, for most people. So even after you ring in the new year, you could have three-and-a-half more months to work on maxing out your contribution.
The option to continue working on maxing out your 2021 IRA even in 2022 is great news if you’ve fallen behind. Once you miss the deadline…
