2010 Roth IRA Deadline
Roth IRA Deadline
Every year whenever December rolls by many people find themselves asking: When is the Roth IRA contribution deadline? Or when is the deadline to open a Roth IRA account? Well, you can take a breath and relax because the Roth IRA deadline every year is not December 31 but rather it coincides with the deadline to file your taxes which happens to be April 15 of the following year. So if you you are wondering if you can make a Roth IRA contribution for 2010, then you have until April 18, 2011 to make a Roth IRA contribution for 2010. Even if you do not already have a Roth IRA account, you can still establish a new Roth IRA account and make a 2010 contribution up until April 18, 2011.
The Roth and traditional IRA deadline in 2011 is April 18 instead of April 15 because the IRS has extended the filing deadline for your tax returns because April 15 falls on Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia and April 16 and 17 fall on a weekend.