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Old 05-09-2004, 10:25 PM
Frank S. Duke, Jr.
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Replies like this are what make this group so valuable.
Most of the time, you get a really professional answer. Alan
knew the code well enough to express an opinion that was
well supported by the language of the code section but
contrary to my understanding. When challenged, he
researched it thoroughly and found how the code section
language had been softened. I was sure I was right but I
had never gone to the trouble to determine exactly why. Now
I know. Thanks for the insight.

A.G. Kalman at glendale202-mtm[at]yahoo.com wrote:

- quote -

> IRC Sec. 72(t):
> (2) Subsection not to apply to certain distributions Except
> as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), paragraph (1) shall
> not apply to any of the following distributions:
> (A) In general
> Distributions which are--
> (v) made to an employee after separation from service after
> attainment of age 55,
> ================================================== ==============
> However, I forgot about Notice 87-13 (the Q&As for Section
> 1123 of TRA '86).
> Q-20: What additional tax on early distributions from
> qualified retirement plans applies under section 72(t) (as
> added by TRA '86)?
> A-20: Section 72(t) (as added by TRA '86) applies an
> additional tax equal to 10 percent of the portion of any
> "early distribution" from a qualified retirement plan (as
> defined in section 4974(c) of the Code) that is includible
> in the taxpayer's gross income. A distribution (including
> deemed distributions under section 72(p)) is treated as an
> "early distribution" unless it is described in section
> 72(t)(2)(A) (taking into account section 72(t)(3) & (4)). A
> distribution to an employee from a qualified plan will be
> treated as within section 72(t)(2)(A)(v) if (i) it is made
> after the employee has separated from service for the
> employer maintaining the plan and (ii) such separation from
> service occurred during or after the calendar year in which
> the employee attained age 55.
> ================================================== ===============
> Therefore, I stand corrected. The IRS appears to have been
> generous in its interpretation of Section 1123.



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Frank S. Duke, Jr. CPA
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Old 05-08-2004, 11:55 AM
Herb Smith
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Default Re: Retirement money at 55 without penalty

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> > Hmmm... Isn't it "at age 55 at the TIME one separates from
> > service? (instead of 55 in the YEAR one separates?)


> There are two rules that must be met to avoid the 10%
> additional tax.
> 1. Separation from service must occur in either the year the
> employee turns age 55 or after the year the employee turns
> age 55.
> 2. The distribution has to occur after the employee attains
> age 55.
> It is therefore possible for the employee to be age 54 when
> employment terminates. However, the employee would still
> have to be at least age 55 when the distribution is made.


I disagree with your Rule 2 above. As long as the employee
terminates employment in or after the year he turns 55, he
is allowed to take a penalty-free distribution after such
termination. He DOES NOT have to be 55 or older at the time
of the distribution. At least that is the way I read the
exeption explanation in Pub 575:

"Additional exceptions for qualified retirement plans. The
tax does not apply to distributions that are: • From a
qualified retirement plan (other than an IRA) after your
separation from service in or after the year you reached age
55."

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Old 05-08-2004, 11:55 AM
Herb Smith
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> > You got it. If you terminate your employment with that
> > employer IN OR AFTER THE YEAR that you turn 55, you can make
> > withdrawals from your employer-sponsored plan without
> > penalty. If you roll the plan assets over to another plan or
> > a traditional IRA, you lose the exception and have to wait
> > until age 59-1/2 to take penalty-free withdrawals.


> Wrong. If you roll it into an IRA, you can withdreaw
> without the 10% penalty at any age as long you annuitize
> your withdrawals for at least five years (take out the
> percentage based on your lifespan according to the IRS
> annuity tables). You still have to pay regular incom tax on
> the amount.


You misunderstood the reply, Rick++, as it referred only to
losing the "age 55" exemption when you roll the plan into an
IRA. The Substantially Equal Periodic Payments (SEPP)
exemption still applies with either an IRA or a qualified
retirement plan.

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Old 05-08-2004, 11:55 AM
A.G. Kalman
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> > > > > I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:
> > > > > > > > > "The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money
> > > > > without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
> > > > > still with your employer."
> > > > > > > > > I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with
> > > > > this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
> > > > > Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
> > > > > elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2 or
> > > > > something?


> > > > First let's clarify the age 55 rule:
> > > > > > > If you are at least age 55 in the year in which you separate
> > > > from service from an employer and take a distribution from a
> > > > qualified employer plan, such as a 401k or 403b plan, then
> > > > there is no additional 10% tax on that early distributon.
> > > > > > > But if you were only age 53 in the year you separated from
> > > > service with that employer, and in the year you turn 57 you
> > > > take a 401k distribution, that distribution is not excluded
> > > > from the early distribution tax by the age 55 rule.
> > > > > > > If you were at least age 55 in the year you separated and
> > > > rollover the 401k plan into an IRA, the IRA age rules rule.
> > > > You now have to be age 59 1/2 or meet one of a limited
> > > > number of exclusions, to not be subject to the additional
> > > > 10% early distribution tax.


> > > Hmmm... Isn't it "at age 55 at the TIME one separates from
> > > service? (instead of 55 in the YEAR one separates?)


> > There are two rules that must be met to avoid the 10%
> > additional tax.
> > > 1. Separation from service must occur in either the year the

> > employee turns age 55 or after the year the employee turns
> > age 55.
> > > 2. The distribution has to occur after the employee attains

> > age 55.
> > > It is therefore possible for the employee to be age 54 when

> > employment terminates. However, the employee would still
> > have to be at least age 55 when the distribution is made.


> If so, perhaps the IRS should re-write the description on
> Page 28 of IRS Pub 575, which says only that you have to be
> age 55 that year, not that you have to take the distirbution
> after reaching age 55.
> Recognizing that a Pub is not binding, it is odd that this
> sort of error would creep through. Could you please post the
> language of the statute or code?


IRC Sec. 72(t):

(2) Subsection not to apply to certain distributions Except
as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), paragraph (1) shall
not apply to any of the following distributions:

(A) In general
Distributions which are--
(v) made to an employee after separation from service after
attainment of age 55,

================================================== ==============

However, I forgot about Notice 87-13 (the Q&As for Section
1123 of TRA '86).

Q-20: What additional tax on early distributions from
qualified retirement plans applies under section 72(t) (as
added by TRA '86)?

A-20: Section 72(t) (as added by TRA '86) applies an
additional tax equal to 10 percent of the portion of any
"early distribution" from a qualified retirement plan (as
defined in section 4974(c) of the Code) that is includible
in the taxpayer's gross income. A distribution (including
deemed distributions under section 72(p)) is treated as an
"early distribution" unless it is described in section
72(t)(2)(A) (taking into account section 72(t)(3) & (4)). A
distribution to an employee from a qualified plan will be
treated as within section 72(t)(2)(A)(v) if (i) it is made
after the employee has separated from service for the
employer maintaining the plan and (ii) such separation from
service occurred during or after the calendar year in which
the employee attained age 55.

================================================== ===============
Therefore, I stand corrected. The IRS appears to have been
generous in its interpretation of Section 1123.

--
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Old 05-05-2004, 08:14 PM
Arthur Kamlet
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> > > > I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:
> > > > > > > "The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money
> > > > without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
> > > > still with your employer."
> > > > > > > I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with
> > > > this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
> > > > Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
> > > > elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2 or
> > > > something?


> > > First let's clarify the age 55 rule:
> > > > > If you are at least age 55 in the year in which you separate
> > > from service from an employer and take a distribution from a
> > > qualified employer plan, such as a 401k or 403b plan, then
> > > there is no additional 10% tax on that early distributon.
> > > > > But if you were only age 53 in the year you separated from
> > > service with that employer, and in the year you turn 57 you
> > > take a 401k distribution, that distribution is not excluded
> > > from the early distribution tax by the age 55 rule.
> > > > > If you were at least age 55 in the year you separated and
> > > rollover the 401k plan into an IRA, the IRA age rules rule.
> > > You now have to be age 59 1/2 or meet one of a limited
> > > number of exclusions, to not be subject to the additional
> > > 10% early distribution tax.


> > Hmmm... Isn't it "at age 55 at the TIME one separates from
> > service? (instead of 55 in the YEAR one separates?)


> There are two rules that must be met to avoid the 10%
> additional tax.
> 1. Separation from service must occur in either the year the
> employee turns age 55 or after the year the employee turns
> age 55.
> 2. The distribution has to occur after the employee attains
> age 55.
> It is therefore possible for the employee to be age 54 when
> employment terminates. However, the employee would still
> have to be at least age 55 when the distribution is made.


If so, perhaps the IRS should re-write the description on
Page 28 of IRS Pub 575, which says only that you have to be
age 55 that year, not that you have to take the distirbution
after reaching age 55.

Recognizing that a Pub is not binding, it is odd that this
sort of error would creep through. Could you please post the
language of the statute or code?

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Old 05-05-2004, 07:55 PM
Arthur Kamlet
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Harlan Lunsford <hlunsfordns[at]bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> Arthur Kamlet wrote:
> > Al Bundy <postmaster[at]127.0.0.1> wrote:


> > > I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:
> > > > > "The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money
> > > without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
> > > still with your employer."
> > > > > I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with
> > > this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
> > > Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
> > > elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2 or
> > > something?


> > First let's clarify the age 55 rule:
> > > If you are at least age 55 in the year in which you separate

> > from service from an employer and take a distribution from a
> > qualified employer plan, such as a 401k or 403b plan, then
> > there is no additional 10% tax on that early distributon.
> > > But if you were only age 53 in the year you separated from

> > service with that employer, and in the year you turn 57 you
> > take a 401k distribution, that distribution is not excluded
> > from the early distribution tax by the age 55 rule.
> > > If you were at least age 55 in the year you separated and

> > rollover the 401k plan into an IRA, the IRA age rules rule.
> > You now have to be age 59 1/2 or meet one of a limited
> > number of exclusions, to not be subject to the additional
> > 10% early distribution tax.


> Hmmm... Isn't it "at age 55 at the TIME one separates from
> service? (instead of 55 in the YEAR one separates?)


Nope.

See IRS Pub 575 page 28

Additional exceptions for qualified retirement plans. The
tax does not apply to distributions that are: A qualified
employee plan after your separation from service in or after
the year you reached age 55,

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Old 05-05-2004, 07:35 PM
Frank S. Duke, Jr.
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> > You got it. If you terminate your employment with that
> > employer IN OR AFTER THE YEAR that you turn 55, you can make
> > withdrawals from your employer-sponsored plan without
> > penalty. If you roll the plan assets over to another plan or
> > a traditional IRA, you lose the exception and have to wait
> > until age 59-1/2 to take penalty-free withdrawals.


> Wrong. If you roll it into an IRA, you can withdreaw
> without the 10% penalty at any age as long you annuitize
> your withdrawals for at least five years (take out the
> percentage based on your lifespan according to the IRS
> annuity tables). You still have to pay regular incom tax on
> the amount.


I agree with you but I don't agree that what I said was
wrong. You can always take a series of substantially even
payments but it certainly has a lot more restrictions. You
can also die or become permanently and completely disabled
but these alternatives are not in most people's planning
options.

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money back

Frank S. Duke, Jr. CPA
Cincinnati, OH USA

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Old 05-05-2004, 07:35 PM
Herb Smith
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Harlan Lunsford <lunstax[at]bellsouth.net> wrote:
- quote -

> Arthur Kamlet wrote:
> > Al Bundy <postmaster[at]127.0.0.1> wrote:


> > > I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:
> > > > > "The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money
> > > without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
> > > still with your employer."
> > > > > I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with
> > > this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
> > > Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
> > > elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2 or
> > > something?


> > First let's clarify the age 55 rule:
> > > If you are at least age 55 in the year in which you separate

> > from service from an employer and take a distribution from a
> > qualified employer plan, such as a 401k or 403b plan, then
> > there is no additional 10% tax on that early distributon.
> > > But if you were only age 53 in the year you separated from

> > service with that employer, and in the year you turn 57 you
> > take a 401k distribution, that distribution is not excluded
> > from the early distribution tax by the age 55 rule.
> > > If you were at least age 55 in the year you separated and

> > rollover the 401k plan into an IRA, the IRA age rules rule.
> > You now have to be age 59 1/2 or meet one of a limited
> > number of exclusions, to not be subject to the additional
> > 10% early distribution tax.


> Hmmm... Isn't it "at age 55 at the TIME one separates from
> service? (instead of 55 in the YEAR one separates?)


No, Harlan, it is "55 or older in the year of separation".
Which means (if your birthday is in December) you could
terminate and start withdrawing at age 54!

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Old 05-05-2004, 07:16 PM
Frank S. Duke, Jr.
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> > First let's clarify the age 55 rule:
> > > If you are at least age 55 in the year in which you separate

> > from service from an employer and take a distribution from a
> > qualified employer plan, such as a 401k or 403b plan, then
> > there is no additional 10% tax on that early distributon.


> Hmmm... Isn't it "at age 55 at the TIME one separates from
> service? (instead of 55 in the YEAR one separates?)


You can separate from service on 1 January and start to take
ad hoc distributions from qualified plans even if you don't
celebrate your birthday until 31 December. Very nice rule.

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money back

Frank S. Duke, Jr. CPA
Cincinnati, OH USA

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Old 05-04-2004, 04:20 AM
A.G. Kalman
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Harlan Lunsford wrote:
- quote -

> Arthur Kamlet wrote:
> > Al Bundy <postmaster[at]127.0.0.1> wrote:


> > > I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:
> > > > > "The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money
> > > without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
> > > still with your employer."
> > > > > I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with
> > > this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
> > > Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
> > > elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2 or
> > > something?


> > First let's clarify the age 55 rule:
> > > If you are at least age 55 in the year in which you separate

> > from service from an employer and take a distribution from a
> > qualified employer plan, such as a 401k or 403b plan, then
> > there is no additional 10% tax on that early distributon.
> > > But if you were only age 53 in the year you separated from

> > service with that employer, and in the year you turn 57 you
> > take a 401k distribution, that distribution is not excluded
> > from the early distribution tax by the age 55 rule.
> > > If you were at least age 55 in the year you separated and

> > rollover the 401k plan into an IRA, the IRA age rules rule.
> > You now have to be age 59 1/2 or meet one of a limited
> > number of exclusions, to not be subject to the additional
> > 10% early distribution tax.


> Hmmm... Isn't it "at age 55 at the TIME one separates from
> service? (instead of 55 in the YEAR one separates?)


There are two rules that must be met to avoid the 10%
additional tax.

1. Separation from service must occur in either the year the
employee turns age 55 or after the year the employee turns
age 55.

2. The distribution has to occur after the employee attains
age 55.

It is therefore possible for the employee to be age 54 when
employment terminates. However, the employee would still
have to be at least age 55 when the distribution is made.

--
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Old 05-04-2004, 04:01 AM
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> You got it. If you terminate your employment with that
> employer IN OR AFTER THE YEAR that you turn 55, you can make
> withdrawals from your employer-sponsored plan without
> penalty. If you roll the plan assets over to another plan or
> a traditional IRA, you lose the exception and have to wait
> until age 59-1/2 to take penalty-free withdrawals.


Wrong. If you roll it into an IRA, you can withdreaw
without the 10% penalty at any age as long you annuitize
your withdrawals for at least five years (take out the
percentage based on your lifespan according to the IRS
annuity tables). You still have to pay regular incom tax on
the amount.

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Old 05-03-2004, 09:15 AM
Harlan Lunsford
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Arthur Kamlet wrote:
- quote -

> Al Bundy <postmaster[at]127.0.0.1> wrote:

> > I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:
> > > "The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money

> > without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
> > still with your employer."
> > > I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with

> > this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
> > Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
> > elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2 or
> > something?


> First let's clarify the age 55 rule:
> If you are at least age 55 in the year in which you separate
> from service from an employer and take a distribution from a
> qualified employer plan, such as a 401k or 403b plan, then
> there is no additional 10% tax on that early distributon.
> But if you were only age 53 in the year you separated from
> service with that employer, and in the year you turn 57 you
> take a 401k distribution, that distribution is not excluded
> from the early distribution tax by the age 55 rule.
> If you were at least age 55 in the year you separated and
> rollover the 401k plan into an IRA, the IRA age rules rule.
> You now have to be age 59 1/2 or meet one of a limited
> number of exclusions, to not be subject to the additional
> 10% early distribution tax.


Hmmm... Isn't it "at age 55 at the TIME one separates from
service? (instead of 55 in the YEAR one separates?)

Cheer$,
Harlan Lunsford

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Old 04-30-2004, 09:24 AM
Herb Smith
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Al Bundy <postmaster[at]127.0.0.1> wrote:

- quote -

> I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:
> "The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money
> without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
> still with your employer."
> I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with
> this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
> Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
> elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2 or
> something?


You got it. If you terminate your employment with that
employer IN OR AFTER THE YEAR that you turn 55, you can make
withdrawals from your employer-sponsored plan without
penalty. If you roll the plan assets over to another plan or
a traditional IRA, you lose the exception and have to wait
until age 59-1/2 to take penalty-free withdrawals.

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Old 04-30-2004, 08:27 AM
Arthur L. Rubin
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Al Bundy wrote:

- quote -

> I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:
> "The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money
> without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
> still with your employer."
> I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with
> this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
> Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
> elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2 or
> something?


Essentially. For a more complicated question, if you have
an IRA (in previous years, it would have had to have been a
conduit IRA, but that changed in 2001), and roll it into an
employer plan, and then terminate employment after age 55,
does that apply to the ENTIRE plan, or just the part that
originated with that employer?

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Old 04-30-2004, 08:27 AM
Phil Marti
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- quote -

> I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:
> "The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money
> without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
> still with your employer."
> I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with
> this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
> Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
> elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2


That's exactly what it means.

Phil Marti
Topeka, KS

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Old 04-30-2004, 08:08 AM
Arthur Kamlet
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Al Bundy <postmaster[at]127.0.0.1> wrote:

- quote -

> I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:
> "The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money
> without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
> still with your employer."
> I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with
> this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
> Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
> elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2 or
> something?


First let's clarify the age 55 rule:

If you are at least age 55 in the year in which you separate
from service from an employer and take a distribution from a
qualified employer plan, such as a 401k or 403b plan, then
there is no additional 10% tax on that early distributon.

But if you were only age 53 in the year you separated from
service with that employer, and in the year you turn 57 you
take a 401k distribution, that distribution is not excluded
from the early distribution tax by the age 55 rule.

If you were at least age 55 in the year you separated and
rollover the 401k plan into an IRA, the IRA age rules rule.
You now have to be age 59 1/2 or meet one of a limited
number of exclusions, to not be subject to the additional
10% early distribution tax.

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Old 04-30-2004, 07:49 AM
Frank S. Duke, Jr.
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Al Bundy at postmaster[at]127.0.0.1 wrote:

- quote -

> I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:
> "The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money
> without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
> still with your employer."
> I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with
> this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
> Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
> elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2 or
> something?


This works for qualified plans but NOT IRAs. If you roll it
into an IRA, you will have to take a series of substantially
equal payments for 5 years to get at it without the 10%
penalty.

All freely provided advice guarantee correct or double your
money back

Frank S. Duke, Jr. CPA
Cincinnati, OH USA

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Old 04-27-2004, 05:33 PM
Al Bundy
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Default Retirement money at 55 without penalty

I read a "Magic Birthday" blip that at 55:

"The age at which you can begin to use employer plan money
without penalty if you terminate employment and the plan is
still with your employer."

I left the money there for now. What catches my eye with
this statement is "the plan is still with your employer".
Does this mean if I choose at some time to roll the money
elsewhere the penalty age changes to like 59 1/2 or
something?

Thanks...

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