Retirement tax questions

If this is not COVID-related:

 

You can use the TaxCaster or IRS calculator to estimate the tax you will owe.  It will likely be between 25% and 34%, depending on your total income, and including the 10% penalty for early withdrawal. 

 

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/taxcaster/

 

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/tax-withholding-estimator

 

NE's state income tax rate is 6.84%, there is no state tax penalty for early withdrawal.

 

If you can certify the withdrawal is due to a COVID-related hardship, you have additional options:

  1. You don't have to pay the 10% penalty for early withdrawal,
  2. You can spread the income tax out over 3 years.
  3. You can put the money back within three years and get any tax you paid refunded to you.