It's officially 2025 and a good time to reassess your retirement planning.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in November, announced that it had increased the amount that individuals can contribute to their 401(k) and other retirement plans to account for inflation.
Each year, the IRS reviews tax thresholds and limitations for various retirement accounts and considers making a cost-of-living adjustment based on the impact of inflation since the previous change occurred.
For the 2025 tax year, the IRS is increasing the annual contribution limit for 401(k) plans by $500 from the current limit of $23,000 in 2024 to $23,500 in 2025.
Those limits also apply to several other retirement plans and will undergo the same increase for the 2025 tax year, including 403(b) retirement plans, governmental 457 plans and the federal government's Thrift Savings Plan.