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The rules are about to change for retirement savers who make so-called catch-up contributions

to their 401k accounts. What the new rule says is that if you are 50 and older and making catch-up

contributions and you earn more than $145,000 in the prior year, then your catch-up contribution

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Millions of high-earning Americans who make so-called catch-up contributions to their 401k

accounts are in line to lose a popular tax deduction next year. WSJ Retirement reporter Anne Turgerson

joins us. So first of all Anne, what does a catch-up contribution and what does it allow 401k

account holders to do? So a catch-up contribution is an extra contribution that people 50 and

older are allowed to make to their 401k's. So the way it works is this year, the IRS has set a

limit of $22,500 that anybody can contribute to a 401k and for an employee, that's the maximum

that you can contribute. But if you're 50 or older, you can actually contribute an extra $7500.

So somebody who's 50 or older can put in a total of $30,000 this year into their 401k

thanks to these catch-up contributions. So how are the rules changing and do they affect more

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