MinhT1
Employee Tax Expert

Retirement tax questions

No.

 

Cashing out your IRA before age 59 1/2 will incur income tax and a 10% early withdrawal penalty on the amount withdrawn.

 

Paying off your house is not an exception to the early withdrawal penalty.

 

See this TurboTax Help article.

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