Choosing the right retirement plan can significantly impact how much a business owner may be able to contribute each year while reducing taxable income. This calculator compares SEP IRA vs Solo 401(k), SIMPLE IRA, and profit-sharing plan contribution estimates based on your age, income, and business structure.
It is designed for self-employed individuals, independent contractors, consultants, sole proprietors, and S Corp owners who want to determine which retirement plan may provide the greatest tax-advantaged contribution opportunity.
Contribution limits and retirement plan rules vary based on entity structure, earned income, W-2 wages, age, and whether catch-up contributions apply.
Although the term salary deferral is used, these businesses do not provide a W-2 salary to the business owner. For this type of business, the salary deferral contribution is based on net adjusted business profit. Net adjusted business profit is calculated by taking gross self employment income and then subtracting business expenses and then subtracting 50% of the self employment tax.
A profit sharing contribution can also be made up to 20% of net adjusted businesses profits. You will want to ask your tax professional for assistance with this calculation.
100% of W-2 earnings up to the maximum stated amount according to IRS tables including catch up for those 50 years or older.
A profit sharing contribution up to 25% of W-2 earnings can be contributed into a Solo 401k.
By Colin Exelby, CFP®
Founder, Celestial Wealth Management
Nothing provider here constitutes tax advice. Individuals should seek the advice of
their own tax advisor for specific information regarding tax consequences of investments.
Celestial Wealth Management has adopted this privacy policy with recognition that protecting the privacy and security of the personal information we obtain about our customers is an important responsibility. We also know that you expect us to service you in an accurate and efficient manner. To do so, we must collect and maintain certain personal information about you. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
Through this policy and its underlying procedures, Celestial Wealth Management attempts to secure the confidentiality of customer records and information and protect against anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of current and former clients’ records and information. We want you to know what information we collect and how we use and safeguard that information.
We collect certain nonpublic information about you (“Customer Information”). The
essential purpose for collecting Customer Information is to allow us to provide advisory services to you. The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
We restrict access to your nonpublic personal information to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services in furtherance of the client’s engagement with Celestial Wealth Management. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable federal or state standards to protect your nonpublic personal information.
We collect your personal information, for example when you
We may disclose the client’s information for our everyday business purposes:
We are permitted by law to disclose the nonpublic personal information about you to governmental agencies and other third parties in certain circumstances (such as third parties that perform administrative or marketing services on our behalf or for joint marketing programs). These third parties are prohibited to use or share the information for any other purpose. Celestial Wealth Management only authorizes employees who have signed a copy of the Privacy Policy to have access to client information. Employees violating Celestial Wealth Management’s Privacy Policy will be subject to our disciplinary process. In the event there were to be a material change to our privacy policy regarding how we use your confidential information, we will provide written notice to you. Where applicable, you would be given an opportunity to limit or opt-out of such disclosure arrangements.
If you have questions about this privacy notice or about the privacy of your customer information call (443) 438-7211 or visit http://www.celestialwm.com and ask to speak to the Chief Compliance Officer
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