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The Rachel Cruze Show

Government Changes That Impact Your Money in 2026 (Here’s What to Do)

The Rachel Cruze Show

Ramsey Network

Self-improvement, Education, Investing, Business

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0

That seems like every year the government makes a few small changes that affects our money.

0:10.6

So today we're going to share a couple of those updates with you.

0:13.4

And I'm going to share four things that never change when it comes to your money,

0:17.0

regardless of what the government decides.

0:18.7

So be sure to like, subscribe, and show this episode with a friend. All right, the first change in 26 applies to high-income earners.

0:26.5

So part of the Secure 2.0 Act will require that catch-up contributions for those making over

0:33.8

$145,000 have to be made post-tax,

0:38.3

aka Roth contributions.

0:40.4

So when you are funding your retirement,

0:42.6

there is a limit of how much you can put in your Roth IRA

0:44.8

and your 401K.

0:45.9

But when you hit a certain age,

0:47.2

you can actually invest more in their catch-up contributions.

0:50.7

But what they're saying in this is you have to do

0:53.0

those catch-up contributions after you have

0:54.8

paid your taxes, where before, usually with investments, you can, if you do a traditional IRA or a

1:00.5

traditional 401K, your money comes out before you pay taxes. Now, what they're saying with this is

1:06.2

it has come out after you pay taxes. So that is one change. Change number two also has to do with retirement.

1:12.3

And so the IRS usually adjust the contribution limits like we just talked about at the end of the

1:17.1

year because they account for inflation fluctuations and different things. So some years they

1:21.5

change, some years they don't. For 26, the 401K contribution limit increased to $24,500. And the IRA limit increased to $7,500. So just a couple

1:34.5

hundred dollars here and there. But that's wonderful. The more you can invest, you guys,

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