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Retirement

Roth Conversion Planner.

Plan year by year against doing nothing. See each tax bracket and Medicare IRMAA cliff, the real rate once Social Security is taxed, your future RMDs and the survivor's tax bill. Free, no signup.

How much to convert each year to fill a bracket, with an optional Medicare IRMAA cap
After-tax wealth at the end of your plan versus converting nothing, and the age it pulls ahead
This year's room before each bracket and IRMAA tier, and the real rate on the next $1,000

IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32, CMS 2026 IRMAA tables, 26 U.S.C. 86

Your situation

Household

Filing status

Your age in 2026

Spouse's age

Accounts

Traditional IRA / 401(k)

Roth balance

Taxable savings to pay the tax

Brokerage or cash outside retirement accounts. Paying conversion tax from here keeps the whole conversion in the Roth.

Income

Wages until you retire

Household W-2 Box 1, which is already after pre-tax 401(k). Enter 0 if retired.

Retirement age

Pension and other taxable income in retirement

Held flat each year. Leave out capital gains and dividends.

Your Social Security

$/yr

Your claim age

Spouse's Social Security

$/yr

Spouse's claim age

Conversion plan

How much to convert each year

Convert up to the top of the

Start at your age

Last year at age

Medicare IRMAA guard

Caps each conversion so income stays under the chosen Medicare surcharge tier two years later. Applies from 63.

Pay the conversion tax from

Assumptions

State tax on IRA income

Use 0 if your state exempts retirement income.

Heirs' tax rate

Applied to any traditional balance left.

Annual return

Inflation

Plan to your age

Survivor years

Model one spouse passing

Your conversion planvs. no conversions, to age 95

After-tax wealth at 95

+$1,345,047

more than converting nothing

Total converted

$1.8M

Lifetime tax + IRMAA

−$468K

Ahead from age

First RMD at 75: $0 with the plan, $130,057 without it.

Before 65, conversion income also counts toward ACA premium tax credits, which this planner doesn't model.

2026 cliffs before any conversion

Taxable income $0, MAGI $0. How much you can convert this year before each line:

Federal brackets

Top of 10%$57,000
Top of 12%$133,000
Top of 22%$243,600
Top of 24%$435,750

Medicare IRMAA (billed in 2028)

Not yet relevant. IRMAA looks back two years, so it starts to matter from age 63.

Real rate on the next $1,000 converted: 0.0%. Your deductions still cover it.

IRMAA tiers for 2028 are 2026's tiers grown by your inflation rate. Base Part B premium in 2026: $202.90/month.

Taxable IRA income by age

Conversions now shrink the required withdrawals later. The red line is what RMDs would be with no conversions.

Which bracket should you fill?

Fill to the top of the 22%+$1.3M

your plan

3 of 5 scenarios

Year-by-year: your planShow every year

Age	Filing	Conversion	RMD	Taxable SS	MAGI	Bracket	Federal tax	State	IRMAA	Roth	Traditional
62 / 60	Joint	$243,600	$0	$0	$243,600	22%	$35,932	$0	$0	$364,216	$1,331,784
63 / 61	Joint	$249,689	$0	$0	$249,689	22%	$36,830	$0	$0	$650,739	$1,147,021
64 / 62	Joint	$255,932	$0	$0	$255,932	22%	$37,751	$0	$0	$961,072	$944,554
65 / 63	Joint	$264,107	$0	$0	$264,107	22%	$38,695	$0	$1,148	$1,298,689	$721,274
66 / 64	Joint	$270,710	$0	$0	$270,710	22%	$39,662	$0	$1,148	$1,663,563	$477,598
67 / 65	Joint	$279,344	$0	$0	$279,344	22%	$40,654	$0	$2,297	$2,059,482	$210,149
68 / 66	Joint	$210,148	$0	$0	$210,148	22%	$24,910	$0	$2,297	$2,405,807	$1
69 / 67	Joint	$0	$0	$0	$0	10%	$0	$0	$2,297	$2,550,156	$1
70 / 68	Joint	$1	$0	$2,277	$2,278	10%	$0	$0	$0	$2,703,166	$0
71 / 69	Joint	$0	$0	$2,733	$2,733	10%	$0	$0	$0	$2,865,356	$0
72 / 70	Joint	$0	$0	$3,201	$3,201	10%	$0	$0	$0	$3,037,278	$0
73 / 71	Joint	$0	$0	$3,681	$3,681	10%	$0	$0	$0	$3,219,514	$0
74 / 72	Joint	$0	$0	$4,173	$4,173	10%	$0	$0	$0	$3,412,685	$0
75 / 73	Joint	$0	$0	$4,678	$4,678	10%	$0	$0	$0	$3,617,446	$0
76 / 74	Joint	$0	$0	$5,195	$5,195	10%	$0	$0	$0	$3,834,493	$0
77 / 75	Joint	$0	$0	$5,724	$5,724	10%	$0	$0	$0	$4,064,563	$0
78 / 76	Joint	$0	$0	$6,455	$6,455	10%	$0	$0	$0	$4,308,436	$0
79 / 77	Joint	$0	$0	$7,401	$7,401	10%	$0	$0	$0	$4,566,943	$0
80 / 78	Joint	$0	$0	$8,371	$8,371	10%	$0	$0	$0	$4,840,959	$0
81 / 79	Joint	$0	$0	$9,366	$9,366	10%	$0	$0	$0	$5,131,417	$0
82 / 80	Joint	$0	$0	$10,385	$10,385	10%	$0	$0	$0	$5,439,302	$0
83 / 81	Joint	$0	$0	$11,429	$11,429	10%	$0	$0	$0	$5,765,660	$0
84 / 82	Joint	$0	$0	$12,500	$12,500	10%	$0	$0	$0	$6,111,599	$0
85 / 83	Joint	$0	$0	$13,598	$13,598	10%	$0	$0	$0	$6,478,295	$0
86 / 84	Joint	$0	$0	$14,723	$14,723	10%	$0	$0	$0	$6,866,993	$0
87 / 85	Joint	$0	$0	$15,876	$15,876	10%	$0	$0	$0	$7,279,013	$0
88 / 86	Joint	$0	$0	$17,057	$17,057	10%	$0	$0	$0	$7,715,753	$0
89 / 87	Joint	$0	$0	$18,269	$18,269	10%	$0	$0	$0	$8,178,699	$0
90 / 88	Joint	$0	$0	$19,511	$19,511	10%	$0	$0	$0	$8,669,421	$0
91 / 89	Joint	$0	$0	$20,783	$20,783	10%	$0	$0	$0	$9,189,586	$0
92 / 90	Joint	$0	$0	$22,088	$22,088	10%	$0	$0	$0	$9,740,961	$0
93 / 91	Joint	$0	$0	$23,425	$23,425	10%	$0	$0	$0	$10,325,419	$0
94 / 92	Joint	$0	$0	$24,796	$24,796	10%	$0	$0	$0	$10,944,944	$0
95 / 93	Joint	$0	$0	$26,201	$26,201	10%	$0	$0	$0	$11,601,640	$0

Dollars are nominal (future dollars). IRMAA is the yearly surcharge for everyone in the household on Medicare.

Year-by-year: no conversionsShow every year

Age	Filing	Conversion	RMD	Taxable SS	MAGI	Bracket	Federal tax	State	IRMAA	Roth	Traditional
62 / 60	Joint	$0	$0	$0	$0	10%	$0	$0	$0	$106,000	$1,590,000
63 / 61	Joint	$0	$0	$0	$0	10%	$0	$0	$0	$112,360	$1,685,400
64 / 62	Joint	$0	$0	$0	$0	10%	$0	$0	$0	$119,102	$1,786,524
65 / 63	Joint	$0	$0	$0	$0	10%	$0	$0	$0	$126,248	$1,893,715
66 / 64	Joint	$0	$0	$0	$0	10%	$0	$0	$0	$133,823	$2,007,338
67 / 65	Joint	$0	$0	$0	$0	10%	$0	$0	$0	$141,852	$2,127,779
68 / 66	Joint	$0	$0	$0	$0	10%	$0	$0	$0	$150,363	$2,255,445
69 / 67	Joint	$0	$0	$0	$0	10%	$0	$0	$0	$159,385	$2,390,772
70 / 68	Joint	$0	$0	$2,276	$2,276	10%	$0	$0	$0	$168,948	$2,534,218
71 / 69	Joint	$0	$0	$2,733	$2,733	10%	$0	$0	$0	$179,085	$2,686,272
72 / 70	Joint	$0	$0	$3,201	$3,201	10%	$0	$0	$0	$189,830	$2,847,448
73 / 71	Joint	$0	$0	$3,681	$3,681	10%	$0	$0	$0	$201,220	$3,018,295
74 / 72	Joint	$0	$0	$4,173	$4,173	10%	$0	$0	$0	$213,293	$3,199,392
75 / 73	Joint	$0	$130,057	$70,304	$200,361	22%	$18,734	$0	$0	$226,090	$3,253,496
76 / 74	Joint	$0	$137,278	$72,062	$209,340	22%	$20,076	$0	$0	$239,656	$3,303,191
77 / 75	Joint	$0	$144,244	$73,863	$218,107	22%	$21,355	$0	$0	$254,035	$3,348,483
78 / 76	Joint	$0	$152,204	$75,710	$227,914	22%	$22,847	$0	$0	$269,277	$3,388,056
79 / 77	Joint	$0	$160,571	$77,603	$238,174	22%	$24,422	$0	$0	$285,434	$3,421,134
80 / 78	Joint	$0	$169,363	$79,543	$248,906	22%	$26,083	$0	$0	$302,560	$3,446,877
81 / 79	Joint	$0	$177,674	$81,531	$259,205	22%	$27,632	$0	$0	$320,714	$3,465,355
82 / 80	Joint	$0	$187,317	$83,569	$270,886	22%	$29,467	$0	$0	$339,956	$3,474,721
83 / 81	Joint	$0	$196,312	$85,659	$281,971	22%	$31,153	$0	$0	$360,354	$3,475,114
84 / 82	Joint	$0	$206,852	$87,800	$294,652	22%	$33,171	$0	$0	$381,975	$3,464,357
85 / 83	Joint	$0	$216,522	$89,995	$306,517	22%	$34,990	$0	$0	$404,893	$3,442,705
86 / 84	Joint	$0	$226,494	$92,245	$318,739	22%	$36,867	$0	$0	$429,187	$3,409,184
87 / 85	Joint	$0	$236,749	$94,551	$331,300	22%	$38,799	$0	$0	$454,938	$3,362,781
88 / 86	Joint	$0	$245,458	$96,915	$342,373	22%	$40,383	$0	$0	$482,235	$3,304,362
89 / 87	Joint	$0	$256,152	$99,338	$355,490	22%	$42,396	$0	$0	$511,169	$3,231,103
90 / 88	Joint	$0	$264,844	$101,821	$366,666	22%	$43,959	$0	$0	$541,839	$3,144,234
91 / 89	Joint	$0	$273,412	$104,367	$377,778	22%	$45,486	$0	$0	$574,349	$3,043,071
92 / 90	Joint	$0	$281,766	$106,976	$388,742	22%	$46,957	$0	$0	$608,810	$2,926,984
93 / 91	Joint	$0	$289,800	$109,650	$399,451	22%	$48,349	$0	$0	$645,339	$2,795,415
94 / 92	Joint	$0	$294,254	$112,392	$406,646	22%	$48,944	$0	$0	$684,059	$2,651,230
95 / 93	Joint	$0	$297,891	$115,201	$413,092	22%	$49,349	$0	$0	$725,103	$2,494,539

Dollars are nominal (future dollars). IRMAA is the yearly surcharge for everyone in the household on Medicare.

How the planner works

Federal tax uses 2026 law: IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 brackets and deductions, the 65+ deduction, and the $6,000 senior deduction through 2028. Brackets, deductions and IRMAA tiers grow with your inflation rate after 2026.
Social Security is taxed through the provisional-income test, whose $25,000 / $32,000 and $34,000 / $44,000 thresholds are not indexed.
IRMAA bills each person on Medicare from MAGI two years earlier, on that year's filing status. RMDs start at 73, or 75 if born in 1960 or later, using the IRS Uniform Lifetime Table.
Taxable savings pay the extra tax caused by IRA income, and grow at your return less 15% for tax on dividends and gains. Any traditional balance left at the end is valued after your heirs' tax rate.
"Ahead from age" is the first age from which the plan's after-tax wealth stays above converting nothing. Converting below your heirs' rate can put you ahead in the first year.
Survivor years: the death year stays joint, the survivor keeps the larger Social Security benefit, and a pension continues in full.
Not modeled: capital gains and dividends, NIIT, ACA premium credits, state rules beyond one flat rate, and the Roth 5-year rules.

Results are estimates for informational purposes only. Consult a licensed financial professional before making financial decisions.

2026 Roth conversion room before each tax bracket

Household	Top of 12%	Top of 22%	Top of 24%
Single, 66, $30,000 Social Security	$49,050	$101,245	$194,425
Married, 66 and 64, $50,000 Social Security	$98,150	$203,018	$394,900
Married, both 60, no other income	$133,000	$243,600	$435,750

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Frequently Asked Questions

About the roth-conversion

A Roth conversion is most beneficial when you expect to be in a higher tax bracket in retirement, when the market is down (converting more shares for less tax), or in years with unusually low income. You pay income tax on the converted amount now, but all future growth and withdrawals are tax-free.

There is no limit on the amount you can convert from a traditional IRA or 401k to a Roth IRA. However, the converted amount is added to your taxable income for the year, so large conversions can push you into a higher tax bracket.

Many people do partial conversions over several years to manage the tax impact.

Medicare sets IRMAA surcharges from your MAGI two years earlier, so a conversion in 2026 can raise your Part B and Part D premiums in 2028. For 2026 the first surcharge starts above $109,000 of MAGI for single filers and $218,000 for joint filers.

IRMAA is a cliff: one dollar over a threshold costs the full tier, $1,148 a year per person at the first tier in 2026. That is why the planner can cap each year's conversion just under a tier.

In the year a spouse dies, the survivor can still file a joint return. From the following year they file single, where the standard deduction, most tax brackets and the IRMAA thresholds are half the joint amounts, while income often falls by only one Social Security check.

Required minimum distributions keep coming from the inherited IRA. Converting while both spouses are alive moves that income into joint-rate years.

Turn on Survivor years in the planner to see the difference.

From taxable savings when you can. Tax withheld from the conversion never reaches the Roth, so less money grows tax-free, and before age 59 and a half the withheld amount counts as an early withdrawal with a 10% penalty.

The planner models both so you can see the gap.

For 2026, direct Roth IRA contributions phase out between $153,000 and $168,000 of modified AGI for single filers and between $242,000 and $252,000 for married couples filing jointly. There are no income limits on Roth conversions: anyone can convert a traditional IRA to a Roth regardless of income, which is the basis of the backdoor Roth strategy.

A Roth conversion ladder converts traditional IRA money to a Roth over several years in controlled amounts, usually filling a chosen tax bracket each year. Spreading conversions across low-income years, such as early retirement before Social Security and RMDs begin, keeps more of the money in lower brackets than converting it all at once.

The pro-rata rule applies when you hold both pre-tax and after-tax (non-deductible) money in traditional IRAs. The IRS treats all your traditional IRA dollars as one pool, so you cannot convert only the after-tax dollars.

If 80% of your combined traditional IRA balance is pre-tax, 80% of any conversion is taxable. File Form 8606 to track your after-tax basis.

Yes. Each conversion has its own 5-year clock that starts on January 1 of the conversion year.

If you are under 59 and a half and withdraw converted dollars before that conversion's 5 years are up, those dollars face the 10% early withdrawal penalty. A separate 5-year rule decides whether Roth earnings come out tax-free.

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Sources and last checked

IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32; 26 U.S.C. 151(d)(5)(C), 86, 1411, 72(t); CMS 2026 IRMAA tables; IRS Uniform Lifetime Table, checked Oct 2, 2026

This calculator's figures come from these sources. We re-check them when new figures are published.

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Your situation

Household

Filing status

Your age in 2026

Spouse's age

Accounts

Traditional IRA / 401(k)

Roth balance

Taxable savings to pay the tax

Brokerage or cash outside retirement accounts. Paying conversion tax from here keeps the whole conversion in the Roth.

Income

Wages until you retire

Household W-2 Box 1, which is already after pre-tax 401(k). Enter 0 if retired.

Retirement age

Pension and other taxable income in retirement

Held flat each year. Leave out capital gains and dividends.

Your Social Security

$/yr

Your claim age

Spouse's Social Security

$/yr

Spouse's claim age

Conversion plan

How much to convert each year

Convert up to the top of the

Start at your age

Last year at age

Medicare IRMAA guard

Caps each conversion so income stays under the chosen Medicare surcharge tier two years later. Applies from 63.

Pay the conversion tax from

Assumptions

State tax on IRA income

Use 0 if your state exempts retirement income.

Heirs' tax rate

Applied to any traditional balance left.

Annual return

Inflation

Plan to your age

Survivor years

Model one spouse passing

Age

Filing

Conversion

RMD

Taxable SS

MAGI

Bracket

Federal tax

State

IRMAA

Roth

Traditional

62 / 60

Joint

$243,600

22%

$35,932

$364,216

$1,331,784

63 / 61

Joint

$249,689

22%

$36,830

$650,739

$1,147,021

64 / 62

Joint

$255,932

22%

$37,751

$961,072

$944,554

65 / 63

Joint

$264,107

22%

$38,695

$1,148

$1,298,689

$721,274

66 / 64

Joint

$270,710

22%

$39,662

$1,148

$1,663,563

$477,598

67 / 65

Joint

$279,344

22%

$40,654

$2,297

$2,059,482

$210,149

68 / 66

Joint

$210,148

22%

$24,910

$2,297

$2,405,807

69 / 67

Joint

10%

$2,297

$2,550,156

70 / 68

Joint

$2,277

$2,278

10%

$2,703,166

71 / 69

Joint

$2,733

10%

$2,865,356

72 / 70

Joint

$3,201

10%

$3,037,278

73 / 71

Joint

$3,681

10%

$3,219,514

74 / 72

Joint

$4,173

10%

$3,412,685

75 / 73

Joint

$4,678

10%

$3,617,446

76 / 74

Joint

$5,195

10%

$3,834,493

77 / 75

Joint

$5,724

10%

$4,064,563

78 / 76

Joint

$6,455

10%

$4,308,436

79 / 77

Joint

$7,401

10%

$4,566,943

80 / 78

Joint

$8,371

10%

$4,840,959

81 / 79

Joint

$9,366

10%

$5,131,417

82 / 80

Joint

$10,385

10%

$5,439,302

83 / 81

Joint

$11,429

10%

$5,765,660

84 / 82

Joint

$12,500

10%

$6,111,599

85 / 83

Joint

$13,598

10%

$6,478,295

86 / 84

Joint

$14,723

10%

$6,866,993

87 / 85

Joint

$15,876

10%

$7,279,013

88 / 86

Joint

$17,057

10%

$7,715,753

89 / 87

Joint

$18,269

10%

$8,178,699

90 / 88

Joint

$19,511

10%

$8,669,421

91 / 89

Joint

$20,783

10%

$9,189,586

92 / 90

Joint

$22,088

10%

$9,740,961

93 / 91

Joint

$23,425

10%

$10,325,419

94 / 92

Joint

$24,796

10%

$10,944,944

95 / 93

Joint

$26,201

10%

$11,601,640

Age

Filing

Conversion

RMD

Taxable SS

MAGI

Bracket

Federal tax

State

IRMAA

Roth

Traditional

62 / 60

Joint

10%

$106,000

$1,590,000

63 / 61

Joint

10%

$112,360

$1,685,400

64 / 62

Joint

10%

$119,102

$1,786,524

65 / 63

Joint

10%

$126,248

$1,893,715

66 / 64

Joint

10%

$133,823

$2,007,338

67 / 65

Joint

10%

$141,852

$2,127,779

68 / 66

Joint

10%

$150,363

$2,255,445

69 / 67

Joint

10%

$159,385

$2,390,772

70 / 68

Joint

$2,276

10%

$168,948

$2,534,218

71 / 69

Joint

$2,733

10%

$179,085

$2,686,272

72 / 70

Joint

$3,201

10%

$189,830

$2,847,448

73 / 71

Joint

$3,681

10%

$201,220

$3,018,295

74 / 72

Joint

$4,173

10%

$213,293

$3,199,392

75 / 73

Joint

$130,057

$70,304

$200,361

22%

$18,734

$226,090

$3,253,496

76 / 74

Joint

$137,278

$72,062

$209,340

22%

$20,076

$239,656

$3,303,191

77 / 75

Joint

$144,244

$73,863

$218,107

22%

$21,355

$254,035

$3,348,483

78 / 76

Joint

$152,204

$75,710

$227,914

22%

$22,847

$269,277

$3,388,056

79 / 77

Joint

$160,571

$77,603

$238,174

22%

$24,422

$285,434

$3,421,134

80 / 78

Joint

$169,363

$79,543

$248,906

22%

$26,083

$302,560

$3,446,877

81 / 79

Joint

$177,674

$81,531

$259,205

22%

$27,632

$320,714

$3,465,355

82 / 80

Joint

$187,317

$83,569

$270,886

22%

$29,467

$339,956

$3,474,721

83 / 81

Joint

$196,312

$85,659

$281,971

22%

$31,153

$360,354

$3,475,114

84 / 82

Joint

$206,852

$87,800

$294,652

22%

$33,171

$381,975

$3,464,357

85 / 83

Joint

$216,522

$89,995

$306,517

22%

$34,990

$404,893

$3,442,705

86 / 84

Joint

$226,494

$92,245

$318,739

22%

$36,867

$429,187

$3,409,184

87 / 85

Joint

$236,749

$94,551

$331,300

22%

$38,799

$454,938

$3,362,781

88 / 86

Joint

$245,458

$96,915

$342,373

22%

$40,383

$482,235

$3,304,362

89 / 87

Joint

$256,152

$99,338

$355,490

22%

$42,396

$511,169

$3,231,103

90 / 88

Joint

$264,844

$101,821

$366,666

22%

$43,959

$541,839

$3,144,234

91 / 89

Joint

$273,412

$104,367

$377,778

22%

$45,486

$574,349

$3,043,071

92 / 90

Joint

$281,766

$106,976

$388,742

22%

$46,957

$608,810

$2,926,984

93 / 91

Joint

$289,800

$109,650

$399,451

22%

$48,349

$645,339

$2,795,415

94 / 92

Joint

$294,254

$112,392

$406,646

22%

$48,944

$684,059

$2,651,230

95 / 93

Joint

$297,891

$115,201

$413,092

22%

$49,349

$725,103

$2,494,539

How the planner works

Federal tax uses 2026 law: IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 brackets and deductions, the 65+ deduction, and the $6,000 senior deduction through 2028. Brackets, deductions and IRMAA tiers grow with your inflation rate after 2026.

Social Security is taxed through the provisional-income test, whose $25,000 / $32,000 and $34,000 / $44,000 thresholds are not indexed.

IRMAA bills each person on Medicare from MAGI two years earlier, on that year's filing status. RMDs start at 73, or 75 if born in 1960 or later, using the IRS Uniform Lifetime Table.

Taxable savings pay the extra tax caused by IRA income, and grow at your return less 15% for tax on dividends and gains. Any traditional balance left at the end is valued after your heirs' tax rate.

"Ahead from age" is the first age from which the plan's after-tax wealth stays above converting nothing. Converting below your heirs' rate can put you ahead in the first year.

Survivor years: the death year stays joint, the survivor keeps the larger Social Security benefit, and a pension continues in full.

Not modeled: capital gains and dividends, NIIT, ACA premium credits, state rules beyond one flat rate, and the Roth 5-year rules.

Results are estimates for informational purposes only. Consult a licensed financial professional before making financial decisions.

Household

Top of 12%

Top of 22%

Top of 24%

Single, 66, $30,000 Social Security

$49,050

$101,245

$194,425

Married, 66 and 64, $50,000 Social Security

$98,150

$203,018

$394,900

Married, both 60, no other income

$133,000

$243,600

$435,750

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