topic What qualifies as an 'IRS levy' to avoid early distribution penalty from a commercial annuity? in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/what-qualifies-as-an-irs-levy-to-avoid-early-distribution-penalty-from-a-commercial-annuity/01/248777#M21214 Would it include payment in the current tax year to close out an IRS audit for a previous year? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:19:11 GMT critter2kdz 2019-06-01T20:19:11Z What qualifies as an 'IRS levy' to avoid early distribution penalty from a commercial annuity? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/what-qualifies-as-an-irs-levy-to-avoid-early-distribution-penalty-from-a-commercial-annuity/01/248777#M21214 Would it include payment in the current tax year to close out an IRS audit for a previous year? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:19:11 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/what-qualifies-as-an-irs-levy-to-avoid-early-distribution-penalty-from-a-commercial-annuity/01/248777#M21214 critter2kdz 2019-06-01T20:19:11Z No it would not. It has to be a levy of the retirement pl... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/no-it-would-not-it-has-to-be-a-levy-of-the-retirement-pl/01/248788#M21215 <P>No it would not.</P><P>It has to be a levy of the retirement plan itself, not of you.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:19:12 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/no-it-would-not-it-has-to-be-a-levy-of-the-retirement-pl/01/248788#M21215 SweetieJean 2019-06-01T20:19:12Z