Re: 401k and IRA question.

Elizabeth Richardson wrote:

> 
> "joetaxpayer" <joetaxpayer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:YbmdnR5mjbwU_0XanZ2dnUVZ_rninZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 
> > 
> > No, there are some plans that do require that, but IRA has tax day
> > deadline, whenever it falls.
> 
> Ok, maybe they've changed it. It used to be that to make a 2007
> contribution in 2008, you had to have established the account by
> 12/31/07. You couldn't open an account in 2008 and fund it for 2007
> (or 2006, or some other prior year). I know that for an already
> established account you can back fund it.

I opened a new Roth and funded for the prior year and that year back
around 2002 or so.



Brian

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