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- From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
- Subject: Re: 401k Distribution
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.001913.23412@unocal.com>
- Sender: news@unocal.com (Unocal USENET News)
- Organization: Unocal Corporation
- References: <1992Dec21.231309.2492@qualcomm.com>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:19:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.231309.2492@qualcomm.com> fwisgo@qualcomm.com writes:
- >Hi all,
- > I'm not sure whether this is the right place for this,
- >but I'm going to give it a try.
- > I've got this hypothetical situation. There is a person I know
- >who in changing jobs recently has received what we'll call a significant
- >chunk of change from a 401k distribution. My question is this...
- >What liabilities tax or otherwise does my friend incur by investing this
- >money in say stocks or something similar during the 60 day grace period
- >prior to rolling it into the 401k at his current place of employment.
-
- Income while within the 401K would be tax-deferred while income outside
- a 401K would be taxed that year. If principle was lost in a bad investment,
- and you couldn't make up that loss with other resources, you'd have to pay
- an early-distribution tax on the amount of the loss.
-