How practical as a loan-to-yourself is the 60 day IRA rollover grace period? Assuming it is for a good reason and there will be no problem paying it back, how blatently loan-like can you expect to push this loophole with most administrators?
1) Can you likely just put it back in the same place as it came from? Or must do a swap of accounts between 2 currently patronized administrators, for instance?2) How likely can you negotiate down withholding amounts below 20% or whatever (I hear you can try a W4 filing or something?). I understand this amount has to be replaced out-of-pocket until a year-end tax rebate.
3) How long can you expect to keep such a "loan" without burning up days that you really need for transfer logistics: (60 days) - (withdrawal period) - (deposit period) - (murphys law) = 30 or ?-------------------------------------- Misc.invest.financial-plan is a moderated newsgroup where Moderators strive to keep the conversations on-topic for financial planning. Other posting guidelines include a request for brevity and another for trimming posts to which we respond. For all of the other tips and suggestions, see "FROM THE MODERATORS: Posting to misc.invest.financial-plan", a weekly post now on the Newsgroup.