401k and SIMPLE IRA one tax year and 2 Employers

If an employee age 51 added $8,000 to her 401k in 2019 and then changed employers to one with a SIMPLE-IRA, is it correct that she can add up to $16,000 to her new SIMPLE-IRA for 2019?

With the above contributions she wouldn’t exceed the $16k SIMPLE-IRA limit and she’d also be below the $25k 401k limit. Both plans offer the catch-up. The SIMPLE-IRA custodian told her she may add only up to $11,000 to the SIMPLE IRA for 2019.



You are correct, the employee can add $13,000 regular elective deferral and $3,000 catch-up elective deferral to the SIMPLE IRA without exceeding overall statutory limits.   The SIMPLE IRA custodian did not factor in the catch-up for an employee age 50 or over in 2019.  With $8,000 already contributed to the 401(k), $11,000 would be the limit to the SIMPLE IRA if the employee was *under* age 50 throughout 2019.

cannot access topic 15716;    Post.  50684.  Why?   Cannot find original  query related as to who/what should be beneficiaries for an IRA….the trust  or human beneficiaries? 

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