If you don't and you leave your job, the loan will be considered a distribution, triggering income taxes and
probably tax penalties.
Not exact matches
They will also
probably pay tons of
tax penalties given it's so confusing to decipher a 70,000 page
tax document.
You've
probably heard about the marriage
tax penalty: the idea that a married couple pays more income
tax than they would have to if they remained single.
You either pay all the
taxes and
penalty up front and live a debt free life, or pay all the interest on credit cards and
probably never pay them off..
You can also get the money back, with a
tax penalty, but you
probably will never need to if you are responsible and live within your means.
If you're under age 59 1/2, you'll
probably have to pay a 10 %
penalty on any portion of the IRA you use to pay
tax on the conversion.
Otherwise, you will
probably have to pay a failure - to - pay
penalty of 0.5 % of your balance due for each month (or part of a month) in which your
taxes go unpaid.
You
probably would not ultimately have to pay
taxes or a
penalty on that, but you would have a lot of explaining to do through multiple forms, etc..
Penalties aren't abundant, per se, and you're
probably familiar with most of them, but here's an overview of what can jack up your
tax bill.
Since I can withdraw the contributions at any time without
penalty, and I can (currently) withdraw the earnings without
penalty or
tax for this first - time home purchase (providing I meet the 5 year rule, which I
probably will), it seems like this is a good idea because I get to avoid
taxes on the earnings in this account.
Even if you then turn around and liquidate the 401 (k), paying the 10 %
penalty and
taxes, it's
probably advantageous to take the match at the very least.
In the end, he'll
probably get hit with
tax fraud besides that imputed interest, interest and
penalties.