After reading through all of TMF's IRA articles, here's a question that's still unanswered.

I got married late in 1999. I have had a traditional IRA for several years but my wife has none. I know we can collectively now contribute $4000 per year as opposed to my $2000 in the past, but how exactly do we do this?

A) Just send $4000 to my existing account this time, no changes required.

B) I'm required to add my wife's name to the account before I can contribute $4000, or

C) We must open a second account in her name, and send $2000 to each account.


(A) would be the easiest solution, and (C) the hardest to manage. Hmmm, why do I have a sneaking suspicion the answer is (C)? :)

GPS