Hi All,
My wife recently switched from working full time to working as a freelancer, in preparation for spending time taking care of our first child who is due in December.
We've been doing the 401(k) / IRA thing for a while now, but I just started looking into other retirement plan options for her since she'll be a freelancer and no longer have a 401(k) plan. In the quick reading about it that I have done so far, it seems like a SIMPLE IRA or a SEP-IRA are the two potential choices I'm looking at, other than her just continuing to contribute to a regular IRA.
Are there any freelancers out there who have used a SIMPLE IRA or a SEP-IRA and have any opinions on how easy they were to setup and maintain? It seems like there is a bit more paperwork required for some of these accounts as compared to the plain old IRA and Roth, but if it's not that bad then it might be worth it.
Thanks.
My wife recently switched from working full time to working as a freelancer, in preparation for spending time taking care of our first child who is due in December.
We've been doing the 401(k) / IRA thing for a while now, but I just started looking into other retirement plan options for her since she'll be a freelancer and no longer have a 401(k) plan. In the quick reading about it that I have done so far, it seems like a SIMPLE IRA or a SEP-IRA are the two potential choices I'm looking at, other than her just continuing to contribute to a regular IRA.
Are there any freelancers out there who have used a SIMPLE IRA or a SEP-IRA and have any opinions on how easy they were to setup and maintain? It seems like there is a bit more paperwork required for some of these accounts as compared to the plain old IRA and Roth, but if it's not that bad then it might be worth it.
Thanks.