Retirement Planning401(k) Loan or Hardship Withdrawal? Compare Repayment, Taxes, and Job-Loss Risk
Compare a 401(k) loan with a hardship withdrawal using payroll, tax, penalty, job-loss, loan-offset, and retirement opportunity-cost examples.
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Retirement PlanningInherited IRA 10-Year Rule: A Withdrawal and Tax Cash-Flow Planner
A conservative inherited-IRA planning worksheet for beneficiary classification, annual distribution duties, the 10-year deadline, withholding, and tax cash flow.
Retirement Planning401(k) vs Roth IRA — Vanguard, Fidelity, and Federal Reserve Data on Median Balances by Age
Vanguard's How America Saves report, Fidelity's Retirement Snapshot, and Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances — what people actually have saved, by age and account type.