Defined Benefit plan and IRA contribution

I have a S corporation who makes contributions to a defined benefit plan for the shareholder. Can the shareholder also make contributions to an Traditional IRA or to a Roth IRA??



The 2% shareholder-employee is an active participant in an employer retirement plan. They can make a traditional IRA contribution, but will subject to the traditional IRA deduction income limit. If you have enough income to justify a DB plan, you almost certainly exceed those limits
Likewise, you likely exceed the Roth IRA income limits.
However, if you do not have any pre-tax balances in all traditional, SEP and SIMPLE IRA accounts. You could execute a tax efficient Backdoor Roth process.

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