Mandatory Roth Catch-Up Contributions Begin in 2026

Team of financial professionals reviewing retirement strategies ahead of the 2026 start of Mandatory Roth Catch-Up Contributions.

For nearly a quarter century, employers have been able to offer their retirement savings plan participants age 50 and older a valuable opportunity — the chance to make additional catch-up contributions to their plan.1 Thanks to the SECURE 2.0 Act passed in 2022, that opportunity became even more valuable: Employers may now allow plan participants age 60 to 63 to contribute even more than their other catch-up eligible peers through “super catch-ups.”