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1 https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc409
2https://www.irs.gov/publications/p969#:~:text=aren’t%20allowed.-,Limit%20on%20Contributions,can%20contribute%20up%20to%20$7%2C750.&text=For%202024%2C%20if%20you%20have,month%20of%20your%20tax%20year.
3 https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/401k-limit-increases-to-23000-for-2024-ira-limit-rises-to-7000#:~:text=Highlights%20of%20changes%20for%202024,to%20%247%2C000%2C%20up%20from%20%246%2C500
4 https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-required-minimum-distributions-rmds
https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/retirement-plan-and-ira-required-minimum-distributions-faqs
5 https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-provides-tax-inflation-adjustments-for-tax-year-2024