I know you get hit with a penalty if you remove money from an IRA early, but is there anyway to avoid the income tax hit also? What if you replace the funds within a certain timeframe?
Secondly, does anyone know when that tax penalty is taken? Is it when you remove the funds or in april when taxes in general are do?
Why do you need the money? There are ways to make investments within the IRA. There are also ways to take money out of the IRA for personal use, but they are sketchy and untested.
the penalty is calculated on your tax return. however, administrators are required to withhold taxes on distributions.
you have 90 days to replace the distribution with no tax or penalty. but you’ll have to come up with the money to cover what was withheld and wait to get it back as a tax refund.
if you can’t/don’t cover the taxes withheld, that amount will be considered a partial distribution.