Whats Fair When it Comes to Taxes?

[saden1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

No I'm correct. Your too smart to know people don't do this all the time. You used your 401 to save the money to buy a home. Most people do not think that far out and they decide to buy a home and because they have no savings they tap into their 401. Thats money they will never pay back.

Umm, you're required by law to pay back that money within 10 years....and the consequences for not doing so is that it will be treated as a withdrawal with you owing Uncle Sam taxes on the distribution plus a 10% penalty on top of it.

Do you have statistics that shows most people don't pay back and that you are right?