Submitted by perfect_elbows t3_z8zr1z in personalfinance
rnelsonee t1_iye77zf wrote
>Is there a downside (besides being out $1300) to cashing out both accounts
Yes, you're going to pay tax and a 10% penalty on your Traditional IRA withdrawal, and on any earnings from your Roth IRA. So say you've put in $10,000 into the Roth, then $1,000 is the earnings. So that's $6,500+$1,000 that gets added to your taxable income, although that may be low this year depending on your 2022 income so far. On top of that, there's a penalty applied after taxes are computed, which is going to be 10% of that, so $750. So you'll either pay that, or $750 is reduced from that refundable Child Tax Credit you have.
If you don't expect to use $16k, don't take out $16k. Take out your Roth contributions first. No tax, no penalty. Then take out $2k (or whatever) at a time from your Traditional IRA.
And are sure you have surrender charges? Those aren't common in IRA's. Unless you're using "surrender charges" to mean "taxes and penalties".
perfect_elbows OP t1_iyebiro wrote
Thank you.
When I look at my online portal for these accounts, there are three categories in the details for each account: Accumulation Value, Surrender Value, and Surrender Charge. I don't see anything for "taxes and penalties."
I appreciate you including all of this detail!
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