Author Topic: Maxing out retirement accounts  (Read 2598 times)

rjbf65

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Maxing out retirement accounts
« on: October 05, 2017, 02:06:13 PM »
For the first time ever we are on track to max out my 401k, our IRA's, and HSA.  Wife is a public school teacher and has a percentage of her income taken out for the school retirement system.  Next year the hope is to max all of these out and cash flow her Master's program.  That will cost $13,500.  Then maybe after that we can look at a bigger house or start a taxable investment account.  Also plan to keep tweaking things and bring our spending lower.  This year we are on pace for around $45K in total spending, so that part has room for improvement.   

Also moved all the IRA's over to Vanguard and am now following the Simple Path to Wealth that JL Collins lays out so well in his book.  Utilizing VTSAX and VBTLX.  Feels good knowing my investment costs are now rock bottom.   

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Re: Maxing out retirement accounts
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2017, 05:17:18 PM »
Very, very nice!  I love seeing people hammer those accounts.  Keep up and you'll get FIRE'd before you know it.  Ed

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Re: Maxing out retirement accounts
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2017, 05:24:44 PM »
Awesome! That's really exciting.

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Re: Maxing out retirement accounts
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2017, 08:30:09 PM »
Next year I'll front load the IRA accounts as quickly as I can. Can't do that with the 401k as I'd miss out on the match if I did.  The one thing I'm not doing is treating the HSA as an investment account.  It's going to a savings account.  Won't worry about that too much just yet. 

Hopefully it becomes a normal part of our financial lives to max these puppies out every year.  Just doing that adds up to big money.

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Re: Maxing out retirement accounts
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2017, 06:26:02 PM »
My wife and I doing the same finally this year.  Feels good not paying all those taxes!

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Re: Maxing out retirement accounts
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2017, 07:59:06 PM »
Congrats! That's my goal for 2018. :D

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Re: Maxing out retirement accounts
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2017, 08:09:59 PM »
We've met this goal for the past 2 years.  This year, I turn 50 so catchup contributions!!  Whoo Hoo!  I love to save $$$!

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Re: Maxing out retirement accounts
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2017, 09:24:59 AM »
Congratulations!
It's an awesome milestone, but not the end. Keep it up!