That exclusion from penalty for first time home buyers is only available if you took the distribution from an IRA retirement account. If you took the distribution from your 401K plan, there is no first time home buyer exclusion from the 10% penalty.
In the future, if you need money out of your 401K type retirement account, check with your plan administrator and inquire if you can take a loan from your account balance instead of a distribution. You will be paying interest but its back to yourself.
The pandemic has affected your taxes in many ways. Including reporting in TurboTax the amount of stimulus money you received. Click Here for more information on how the Pandemic affected your 2020 taxes.
