Comment Re:Ugh (Score 1) 146
$4,000 per month, or $48,000 per year (with at least a portion of that after-tax)
It's the craziest thing: The 401k where I work allows after-tax contributions with automatic in-plan Roth conversion up to the IRS 415c limit. This is otherwise known as "mega backdoor Roth". So I can contribute pre-tax up to the normal 401k limit and then after-tax with automatic Roth conversion for the rest. All of it ends up tax advantaged in some sense, either pre-tax or Roth, and the company matches on both types of contributions.
There are so many instances in finance where the rules are more generous than you'd initially think. I only found out about this because I decided to click all the links in the 401k portal one night and did a web search on any term I didn't understand. Puerly an exercise in "what can this thing do?". The after-tax contribution option stood out.