Loan vs. Withdrawal from 401K and Gifting money
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In theory yes, but in practice no, since it's not actually her money. They are looking at types of transactions as well. It's not the route I would go. As far as length of time, it depends on the...
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Thanks I will look into this.
I was under the impression they only look at 2-3 months of her financial statements.
Wouldn't it make her have higher assets so improve the debt to asset ratio?
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That could seriously change her Debt to Asset ratio and make things worse. It would also bring in your account for close examination. Investigate this more before you make the decision. Also make...
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His daughter would not pay gift tax; he would pay the gift tax. It's so that people can't gift out all their money/assets to avoid estate taxes. They'll get you one way or another.
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Yeah, you could do that. It would certainly depend on the amount you're dealing with, but a couple we know last year did this. They opened an account with both their names and the names of one of...
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Just keep in mind that even on a joint account, if your daughter takes out more that the gift limit, it may be subject to the gift tax.
Also if for some reason she needs to file bankruptcy or is...
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Thanks. Someone suggested I make her a joint account holder on one of my accounts. Not sure yet how that works.
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If you do gift the money to your daughter, just create a gift letter that your daughter can give to the loan officer with all of her other paperwork.
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Thanks. That's the best example I've seen to explain the tax.
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Despite what many incorrectly think the fact of the matter is you are NOT double taxed when you take a loan.
Take $10K out of your 401K. This money was pretax.
You can take that $10K that you...
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I too got the 20 questions regarding large deposits.
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Thanks. Repped you both :)
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why run you retrement.you also pay tax your daugter will also pay a gift tax
http://www.ehow.com/info_8750582_tax-401k-withdrawls-after-65.html
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See this https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=51759620&postcount=16
Her lender will probably ask questions about large deposits within a few months of the loan application. I know when I...
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I'm trying to figure out if it's better for me to take a loan or a withdrawal from my 401K.
I won't be penalized the 10% that some have to worry about.
If I take the money out as a loan, I have...