If you cannot get money from any other source and you need money for something like staving off foreclosure (financial hardship), you can withdraw money with no penalty. Taxes would be need to be paid and you can only withdraw the exact amount you need.
You will never be able to withdraw the deferred compensation amounts from the 401K with out having to pay the federal and state income taxes that will be due when you take any distribution amounts from your 401K plan.
The question should say "age 59 and 1/2 years." For whatever reason, 59.5 years is the age at which you can start withdrawing funds from your 401K without penalty. Before 59 and 1/2, the penalty for early withdrawal is 10% of the taxable amount of your withdrawal. You can also withdraw money from your fund without the 10% penalty if you are leaving your employer when you are at least 55 or you become disabled. If you are eligible to withdraw money from your fund then you have to pay income taxes on the withdrawal. However, you do not have to pay income taxes if the money you withdraw go into a different employer sponsored plan or an Individual Retirement Account (IRA).
You will get nailed with at least a 10% penalty and have to claim it as taxable income besides, unless you can do it on a 401k loan wich you repay to yourself at a set interest rate. (a much better idea)
No. They can tax it if you withdraw from it, but borrow no.
If you cannot get money from any other source and you need money for something like staving off foreclosure (financial hardship), you can withdraw money with no penalty. Taxes would be need to be paid and you can only withdraw the exact amount you need.
You will never be able to withdraw the deferred compensation amounts from the 401K with out having to pay the federal and state income taxes that will be due when you take any distribution amounts from your 401K plan.
You can generally withdraw from a 401(k) penalty-free starting at age 59½.
The question should say "age 59 and 1/2 years." For whatever reason, 59.5 years is the age at which you can start withdrawing funds from your 401K without penalty. Before 59 and 1/2, the penalty for early withdrawal is 10% of the taxable amount of your withdrawal. You can also withdraw money from your fund without the 10% penalty if you are leaving your employer when you are at least 55 or you become disabled. If you are eligible to withdraw money from your fund then you have to pay income taxes on the withdrawal. However, you do not have to pay income taxes if the money you withdraw go into a different employer sponsored plan or an Individual Retirement Account (IRA).
A 401K plan is yours. You can withdraw the funds without penalty if you're 59 1/2 yrs old or older. If you withdraw the funds at an earlier age than that, you will incur penalties and taxes because the funds were deposited before being taxed.
You will get nailed with at least a 10% penalty and have to claim it as taxable income besides, unless you can do it on a 401k loan wich you repay to yourself at a set interest rate. (a much better idea)
No, this is the offset of not having to pay taxes on 401K profits. Save
No. They can tax it if you withdraw from it, but borrow no.
Yes. But it is much better and no taxes will be withheld if you have the trustee do a direct transfer from the 401K trustee to the IRA trustee and you do not receive any of the funds in your hand.
Not that I know of, unless you are retiring. Usually they require one to be 100% vested before withdrawl.
The amount does not matter, you will owe all income taxes due plus a 10% penalty if you are not 59 1/2 years old.
The difference between a Roth 401k and a regular 401k is that the Roth 401K is a after-tax contribution and the regular 401K is a pre-tax contribution. You pay taxes on the Roth 401K now in order to avoid taxes at withdrawal. The regular 401 is a tax credit for the year deposited with taxes paid at the time of withdrawal.