Tag Archives: Penalties

Unemployment IRAs

Today TaxMama hears from Tom in Oklahoma, who’s had a bad year. “Due to unemployment and high child support payments, I’ve had to draw money from my IRAs. I know the exclusions for penalty purposes…but is there anything else I’m missing to avoid the penalty. For instance, suppose I owe taxes this year because no […]

Retirement Refund

Today TaxMama hears from Gordon in Maryland who tells us, “I have a problem with a 401K distribution that I rolled over to an IRA in March of 2004. I had this 401K with a previous employer and left the money in the account after I terminated employment with the company. When I saw a […]

Early Withdrawal Penalty

Today TaxMama hears from Cathy in Sunland, CA who tells us, “My husband and I are in our early 40’s. We have managed to get ourselves deeply into credit card debt. I have an old profit sharing plan from an ex-employer that I want to cash out and pay off all our debt. It is […]