I think I will read the other two articles on the Roth, but I am not sure if you touched upon the fact that one can also take up to $ 10K in gains for a first - time home (no tax penalty) and there is also no tax
penalty for withdrawals so long as the account is 5 years old.
Not exact matches
Plus, 401 (k) business financing doesn't trigger an early
withdrawal fee or tax
penalties,
so you can save
for retirement while building your business.
While doing
so, I incurred
penalty taxes
for early
withdrawal.
First, make sure you have enough money set aside to support you
for the rest of your days, and second, make sure you understand 401k
withdrawal rules
so you can minimize any
penalties associated with 401k early
withdrawal activity.
For the financial year 2017, the lowest tax bracket is $ 9,325,
so I would withdraw only $ 9,325 annually to pay as little taxes as possible and the
withdrawal penalty.
This not only avoids the normal 10 %
penalty for early
withdrawal from an IRA, it spreads your
withdrawal out among
so many years that you end up paying a * much * lower tax rate on the money withdrawn compared to drawing it down in your retirement years.
In general,
for TSP account holders, you are exempt from the early
withdrawal penalty if you separate from federal service in the year in which you reach age 55 or later (age 50
for special categories); not
so for IRA accounts.
Congress added a little more confusion in 2016 when a change was made
so that special category federal employees (i.e., law enforcement officers, firefighters, Customs and Border Protection Officers, Air Traffic Controllers, Supreme Court and Capitol Police Officers, Nuclear Materials Couriers, and DSS Special Agents in the State Department) had a dividing line of 50, rather than 55
for penalty free
withdrawals from their TSP accounts.
This is actually a key benefit over a traditional 401 (k) or IRA, which carry
penalties for withdrawals before age 59.5, as you can access the funds at any time
so long as you have a large enough cash value.
CDs restrict access to your funds until the maturity date of the investment (unless you want to pay an early
withdrawal penalty),
so this is a good choice if you have some extra money outside of your savings that you are comfortable locking up
for a specific term.
If you had invested in the 3.0 % CD, you could not take advantage of this higher rate because the
penalty for early
withdrawal is
so high.
So maybe this provision should really be called, «
Penalty - Free
Withdrawal for Not -
So - Recent Homebuyers and / or Relatives of an IRA Owner.»
First, make sure you have enough money set aside to support you
for the rest of your days, and second, make sure you understand 401k
withdrawal rules
so you can minimize any
penalties associated with 401k early
withdrawal activity.
Annuities charge a number of different types of fees, along with
penalties for certain
withdrawals,
so make sure the benefits you are receiving outweigh the costs.
For example, California adds a 2.5 % state tax early
withdrawal penalty,
so it ends up being 12.5 %, plus the normal income tax on the
withdrawal... pretty substantial and makes me less inclined to use this approach (at least while living in California).
Interest on a typical one - year CD is around 2 %,
so the early
withdrawal penalty for a Capital One CD would be about 0.5 %.
This is actually a key benefit over a traditional 401 (k) or IRA, which carry
penalties for withdrawals before age 59.5, as you can access the funds at any time
so long as you have a large enough cash value.