Until a federal authorities shutdown derails the conventional course of enterprise, the Inner Income Service will announce 2024’s 401(ok) plan and particular person retirement account contribution limits in lower than a month’s time.

Regardless of the persistence of excessive inflation, tax specialists anticipate that 2024’s enhance will fall considerably under the sizable restrict hike of $2,000 loved by retirement savers for 2023. That enhance pushed the 2023 contribution restrict to $22,500 for 401(ok), 4013(b) and 457 plans, though savers over 50 can use catch-up contributions to sock away as much as $30,000 this 12 months.

Based on projections from Bloomberg Tax and Milliman, the outlined contribution plan deferral enhance for 2024 is prone to be within the vary of $500, or solely about one quarter of the 2023 enhance.

The same increase is projected for contributions going to each conventional and Roth particular person retirement accounts. These limits solely elevated from $6,000 to $6,500 for 2023, and the same hike is projected for 2024.

Ought to these projections show correct, that might indicate a 2024 contribution restrict of $23,000 for 401(ok), 4013(b) and 457 plans. For IRAs, the 2024 restrict can be $7,000, with a further $1,000 of potential catch-up contributions allowed for these over age 50.

Based on the projections, for outlined contribution plans, the utmost annual addition counting all potential employer and worker contributions will likely be between $68,000 and $69,000, and the catch-up contribution restrict for 2024 is estimated to stay at $7,500, the identical stage as in 2023.

Smaller Social Safety COLA Additionally Anticipated

One other key information level anticipated to be launched in mid-October is the 2024 Social Safety cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA.

Based on projections by The Senior Residents League, the 2024 Social Safety COLA is prone to be 3.2%, based mostly on the most recent client worth index information launched in mid-September.