Answer: For 2026, the total contributions you make each year to all of your traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs can't be more than $7,500 ($8,600 if you're age 50 or older), or if less, your taxable compensation for the year.
Status: Confirmed
Entry: tax/ira-limit
Revision: 1
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Timeline:
  Created: 2026-11-12T10:36:58Z
  Last changed: 2026-11-12T10:36:58Z
  Last verified: 2026-11-12T11:34:12Z
  Next check: 2026-11-13T11:34:12Z
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Data:
  Field | Value | Unit | Source | As of
  2026 IRA contribution limit | $7,500 | USD | [1] | 2026-11-12
  2026 catch-up limit (age 50 or older) | $8,600 | USD | [1] | 2026-11-12
  2025 and 2024 IRA contribution limit | $7,000 | USD | [1] | 2026-11-12
  2023 IRA contribution limit | $6,500 | USD | [1] | 2026-11-12
  Page last reviewed or updated | 23-Sep-2026 |  | [1] | 2026-11-12

Sources:
  [1] Internal Revenue Service. "Retirement topics - IRA contribution limits | Internal Revenue Service". https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-ira-contribution-limits
      Role: primary. Accessed: 2026-11-12T11:34:12Z
      Quote: "For 2026, the total contributions you make each year to all of your traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs can’t be more than: $7,500 ($8,600 if you’re age 50 or older), or" (Supports: 2026 IRA contribution limit)
      Quote: "$7,500 ($8,600 if you’re age 50 or older), or" (Supports: 2026 catch-up limit (age 50 or older))
      Quote: "For 2025 and 2024, the total contributions you make each year to all of your traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs can't be more than: $7,000 ($8,000 if you're age 50 or older), or" (Supports: 2025 and 2024 IRA contribution limit)
      Quote: "For 2023, the total contributions you make each year to all of your traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs can't be more than: $6,500 ($7,500 if you're age 50 or older), or" (Supports: 2023 IRA contribution limit)
      Quote: "Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 23-Sep-2026" (Supports: Page last reviewed or updated)
      Published: 2026-11-12T11:27:00Z
      Snapshot SHA-256: 1172e9e3fa1e0ebe40f6b0275ccc3e3e990550162afd3889314af1374aa6c456 (captured 2026-11-12T10:36:58Z)

Verification:
  Method: Automated extraction from [1] with deepseek-flash (JSON output, thinking disabled). Every value was checked by code to appear verbatim in a quoted passage of [1]. On this check the text of [1] was unchanged since 2026-11-12T10:36:58Z, so the values verified then were kept.
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  Last attempt: 2026-11-12T11:34:12Z

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