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October 4, 2020
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10% Early Withdrawal on IRA

  • October 4, 2020
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How is the 10% early withdrawal penalty on an IRA calculated? Turbo Tax is calculating it on the taxable portion not the entire distribution. Which is correct? 

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    fanfare
    Employee
    October 4, 2020

    The penalty is on early distributions included in income.

    If you had a basis, the non-taxable part would not be penalized.

    Slim4Author
    October 4, 2020

    Thank you for your reply.