You can contribute up to $3000 to your IRA for the year 2004. Persons over 50 may include an extra $500 which is often called a "catch-up contribution". See the chart below for the future years IRA contributions.

Year	Amount	Catch-Up
2004	$3000	$500
2005	$4000	$500
2006	$4000	$1000
2007	$4000	$1000
2008	$5000	$1000