Thursday, January 2, 2020

Potomac Wealth Strategies regulatory info, and reminder of updated retirement plan contribution limits


Clients and Friends of PWS—

Happy New Year!  Here’s to us all enjoying a great year in 2020.  The markets were strong for us in 2019, and I’ll have portfolio model performance updates soon.  Meanwhile, linked here are regulatory items I am required to give you from time to time.

Also, the IRS changed retirement plan contribution limits for Year 2020, so please update your IRA and 401k/TSP/403b-type contributions.  For example:

  • IRA limit is now $6000, or $7000 if age 50+
    • Monthly contributions would be $500 or $583.33
  • 401k-type limit is now $19,500, or $26,000  if age 50+
    • Per paycheck (if paid every two weeks) would be $750 or $1000
    • Per paycheck (if paid twice-a-month) would be $812.50 or $1083.33
    • Or have Payroll deduct a % of your gross pay.  Let me help you figure it out.
  • Contribute to both IRA and 401k-type accounts if you can.  Example…  48 y/o with $150k salary aiming to save 20% for retirement
    • $30k total--$19.5k into 401k, $6k into IRA, and $4.5k into taxable brokerage acct earmarked for retirement

Contact me with any questions.  Thank you!

--Gary

Garo Linck Partoyan
Potomac Wealth Strategies, LLC
1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 600
Alexandria, Virginia  22314

(703) 746-8195 phone
(855) 347-9483 fax