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- From: ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet)
- Subject: Re: 401K Rollover question
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:28:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.162800.27802@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- References: <C1HI07.EJ9@boi.hp.com>
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- In article <C1HI07.EJ9@boi.hp.com> kbecker@boi.hp.com writes:
- >
- >I have the check now, minus 20%. I am prepared to make up the 20%
- >out of my pocket, and put the full amount into my employer's 401K
- >program. Unfortunately, they are balking at this. I'm not really
- >eligible yet for my new company's 401K program, and they don't
- >want to take anything but the check I got (which is short 20%). I
- >really don't want to eat _any_ penalties at all.
- >
- >My question is this: should I be able to roll over the full amount
- >into my employer's 401k program by making up the missing 20% from
- >my own personal funds? If they won't let me, can I use an IRA to
- >accomplish the same thing (that is, roll over the full amount)?
-
- Check out the IRS PUblication covering IRAs. (Pub 590????)
- (Call 800-TAX-FORM for information -- the pub is free)
-
-
- You should be able to rollover the 80% plus your own 20% into your
- own IRA within 60 days and not have any tax liability. The 20%
- should be considered to be prepaid taxes. It just presents a cash
- flow shortage, or can be used to reduce your withholding or
- estimated tax payments.
-
- --
- Art Kamlet a_s_kamlet@att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
-