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MAGI

Modified Adjusted Gross Income

AGI plus certain items added back. There is no single MAGI: each program defines its own. Medicare IRMAA and ACA subsidies both add back tax-exempt interest, so muni bond income still counts.

For Medicare IRMAA, MAGI is AGI plus tax-exempt interest. For ACA premium tax credits, it is AGI plus tax-exempt interest, plus the non-taxable part of Social Security, plus excluded foreign earned income.

Because Roth conversions and pre-tax withdrawals raise AGI, they raise every version of MAGI. Roth withdrawals raise none of them.

Sources

Social Security Act (IRMAA) — 42 U.S.C. §1395r(i)(4)
Internal Revenue Code (ACA) — IRC §36B(d)(2)(B)
The current-year figures and the numbers from your own plan appear inside RetIQ. Open the app →

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