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- From: bohnert@leland.Stanford.EDU (matthew bohnert)
- Subject: More questions about 401(k) and rollovers to new companies
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.194454.10122@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 19:44:54 GMT
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- Sorry if this was discussed before, but I came back from vacation with
- a masssive backlog of misc.invest articles, so I might have missed it.
- I am currently a student at Stanford. My wife works at a company where they
- have a 401(k) plan that she has contributed to for two years. In all
- likelihood, we will be leaving this summer and will have to know what to
- do with the 401(k) money, per the new IRS rules. Answers to the
- following questions would be appreciated. I guess `401(k)' below really
- refers to any qualified retirement plan.
-
- 1. Even though we file a joint tax return, is the 401(k) money considered
- `her' money by the IRS?
-
- 2. If we are both employed in the future at companies with NO qualified plan,
- what do we do?
-
- 3. If I am employed somewhere with a plan and she isn't, do
- we have to do anything? Could we if we wanted to without penalty?
-
- 4. What about the reverse permutation of the above?
-
- 5. I believe if SHE is employed somewhere with a plan, she must roll it into
- that under the new rules. Is this correct?
-
- Thanks very much.
-
- Matt Bohnert
-