It has been slow but steady as the Secure Act 2.0 has been put into place. It changed a lot about how retirement plans work when it became law in 2022. Most of the changes haven’t happened yet because they’re supposed to happen slowly so that everything goes more smoothly.
However, some changes that will affect IRAs will happen in 2025, and people who will be affected should know about them so that they can get the most out of their retirement accounts.
People need to make sure that their savings are equal to or higher than what they would need to live a happy retirement because Social Security could run out of money. This is why the Internal Revenue Service has begun to use the steps in Secure Act 2.0.
These changes will try to make it easier for workers to save for retirement by getting rid of as many obstacles as possible. This will help all Americans, but especially older ones, put as much of their paychecks as they can into their accounts.
It looks like the best way to grow your money in stocks is to keep putting money in for as long as possible. The next best thing is to put in as much as you can without changing how you live.
These changes were made to help with retirement accounts in 2025 to make sure that these extra payments are made in the best way possible:
Larger catch-up contributions for older workers
If you work for a small business or are self-employed and have a SIMPLE IRA account, the rule about how “catch up contributions” work will change in 2025. People 50 and older can already make extra contributions to SIMPLE IRAs. In 2024, the limit for employee payments was set at $16,000, plus an extra $3,500 for people 50 and older. But in 2025, these limits will go up.
People who are 60 to 63 years old will have to deal with another change. Because of this, they can now make an extra “catch up contribution” of $5,000 or 150% of the regular SIMPLE IRA catch-up contribution, whichever is greater for their retirement.
We will take one more step in 2026 by making this payment more in line with inflation to reflect the rising cost of living. Changes are also being made to 401(k)s for people aged 60 to 63, raising the catch-up contribution limit to either $10,000 or 150% of the standard catch-up limit, whichever is higher.
IRA catch-up contributions will be linked to inflation
In a legal sense, this rule was already in place in 2024, but nothing changed about it. For those who don’t know, each year there are two limits on how much you can put into an IRA. The standard contribution limit applies to everyone, and the catch-up contribution limit applies to people 50 and past.
This catch-up contribution limit is meant to help older people who don’t have as much saved for retirement make up for lost time by contributing more in the last few years of their jobs, when their salaries should be higher and their costs should be lower than those of a young family.
The standard contribution limit was set at $7,000 in 2024, and the catch-up contribution added an extra $1,000. The standard contribution limit has been raised to keep up with inflation for several years now, but the catch-up limit has stayed the same at $1,000.
All of this will be worth it in 2025 because the SECURE Act 2.0 includes a cost-of-living adjustment for the IRA catch-up payment every year starting in 2024. Even though the new limit hasn’t been announced yet, it’s very likely that it will happen and that it will keep going up for years to come.
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