Retirement tax questions

@taxamedmed - the way you wrote the question is a little confusing.  but let me give it a try.

 

1) you withdrew $80k and of that $80k sent  $26k to the IRS and $12k to the state, leaving you with $42k.  Taxable income is $80k.   Assuming you are single, taking the standard deduction in 2023, that means you are generally in the 24% federal tax bracket, so on $80k, that is about $19.2k in federal tax, so $26k sounds "high',  I don't know what state this is, so can't state anything about that.

 

2) you withdrew $118k and of that $118k sent  $26k to the IRS and $12k to the state, leaving you with $80k.  Taxable income is $118k.   Assuming you are single, taking the standard deduction in 2023, that means you are generally in the 24% federal tax bracket, so on $118k, that is about $28k in federal tax, so $26k sounds "reasonable' and really "about right",  I don't know what state this is, so can't state anything about that.

 

I suspect #2 is really what occured because the federal tax withhiolding is more reasonable to what Schwab would have been required to withhold (22%)

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