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- From: kbecker@hpbs997.boi.hp.com (Keith Becker)
- Subject: 401K Rollover question
- Sender: news@boi.hp.com (News Server Project)
- Message-ID: <C1HI07.EJ9@boi.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:16:54 GMT
- Reply-To: kbecker@boi.hp.com
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard
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- Well, I'm one of those poor souls who got shafted by the IRS and
- congress with a 20% penalty on my 401K distribution. The problem
- was that I didn't have any information on my current employer's
- 401k program, so I opted to have the disbursement paid directly to
- me. This was ok in previous years - you could just check a box on
- the form that said you were going to roll it over and to not take
- out taxes & penalties.
-
- As I understand it, congress modified the rules in order to fund
- an extension to unemployement benefits. The money had to come from
- somewhere, they figured, so why not stick to ... well, back to the
- point:
-
- 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)?
-
- Thanks in advance for any tips on where to find out about this. My
- 401K benefits people haven't been too sympathetic to my problem.
- (My last option is to spend the whole check on a small cache of
- weapons, and a bus ticket to Washington D.C... ;-) )
-
- Keith Becker
- kbecker@boi.hp.com
-
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