{"id":289423,"date":"2025-11-13T16:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/289423\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T16:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:32:22","slug":"2026-ira-contribution-limits-irs-raises-savings-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/289423\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 IRA contribution limits: IRS raises savings cap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olga Pankova | Moment | Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The IRS has unveiled the\u00a0individual retirement account<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/retirement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> contribution limits<\/a>\u00a0for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/401k-limit-increases-to-24500-for-2026-ira-limit-increases-to-7500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">release<\/a> Thursday, the agency increased the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/ira\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IRA<\/a> contribution limit to $7,500, up from $7,000 in 2025. The IRS also boosted the IRA catch-up contributions for investors age 50 and older to $1,100, up from $1,000 in 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The annual individual limit applies to contributions to traditional and Roth IRAs.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS also unveiled new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/13\/401-k-contribution-limits-2026.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">401(k) contribution limits<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/13\/401-k-catch-up-contribution-limits-2026.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">401(k) catch-up limits<\/a> for savers age 50 and older, and bigger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/13\/roth-ira-income-limits-2026.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">income thresholds<\/a> for Roth IRA contributions, among other changes.<\/p>\n<p>Read more CNBC personal finance coverage<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/13\/401-k-contribution-limits-2026.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IRS announces 2026 401(k) contribution limits, raises savings cap<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/13\/2026-ira-contribution-limits-irs.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IRS unveils 2026 IRA contribution limits, raises savings cap<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/13\/401-k-catch-up-contribution-limits-2026.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IRS announces 401(k) catch-up contributions for 2026, raises cap<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/13\/roth-ira-income-limits-2026.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IRS unveils Roth IRA income limits for 2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/13\/visa-mastercard-legal-settlement-what-you-need-to-know.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What the Visa, MasterCard settlement means for your rewards credit card<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/12\/snap-benefits-government-shutdown-negotiations.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Where SNAP benefits stand amid negotiations to end the government shutdown<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/12\/ai-stock-boom-wealth-gap.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why the AI stock boom mainly benefits the wealthy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/11\/baby-boomers-etfs.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boomers are less bullish on ETFs than younger generations \u2014 with good reason<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/11\/trump-2000-tariff-rebate-plan.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump floats $2,000 tariff rebate checks: Here&#8217;s what you need to know<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/09\/biggest-ira-mistake.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This is the &#8216;biggest mistake&#8217; you can make with your IRA, attorney says<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/08\/aca-subsidy-cliff-government-shutdown.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Consumers on edge as ACA &#8216;subsidy cliff&#8217; looms: &#8216;Quite frankly, it&#8217;s terrifying&#8217;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/08\/how-to-talk-about-money-as-a-couple.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How to have tricky money talks as a couple: &#8216;Money Together&#8217; authors<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/07\/faa-flight-cancellations-credit-card-travel-insurance.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amid FAA order flight cancellations, how credit card travel insurance works<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/07\/registered-index-linked-annuities.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">These annuities act like &#8216;bumpers in a bowling lane&#8217; to limit losses: advisor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/07\/student-loan-forgiveness-notices.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">As student loan forgiveness notices go out, here are next steps for borrowers<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/06\/federal-workers-missed-paychecks.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Federal workers at risk of missing more pay as government shutdown continues<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/10\/01\/best-financial-advisors.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNBC&#8217;s Financial Advisor 100: Best financial advisors, top firms for 2025 ranked<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some investors can deduct pretax IRA contributions, depending on their income and whether they or a spouse have access to a workplace retirement plan. The IRS announcement also increased the phase-out ranges for IRA deductibility in 2026.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The IRS announcement comes hours after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/12\/government-shutdown-house-vote-trump.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed into law<\/a> a funding bill to end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. It also comes roughly a month after the agency released dozens of inflation adjustments for 2026, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/10\/09\/2026-federal-tax-brackets.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">federal income tax brackets<\/a>, higher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/10\/09\/capital-gains-tax-2026-federal.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">capital gains brackets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/10\/10\/irs-2026-tax-changes-child-tax-credit-family-refunds.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">provisions impacting families<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olga Pankova | Moment | Getty Images The IRS has unveiled the\u00a0individual retirement account contribution limits\u00a0for 2026. 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