401K Withdrawal

I have around $22000 in a company 401k company that I want to take out as a distribution. I am gone from the company and am 62 years old. The company will not let me take the money as a cash distribution without withholding

20% for taxes. They say the only way I can avoid the 20% is to roll the funds over to a bank IRA. The thing is that I have very large medical and other deductions that will more than cancel out this income, so I will owe no taxes on it. By having 20% withheld, I will essentially be giving the government a free loan of the money for a year until I file 2013 taxes. Since the company won't let me have the funds without taking the taxes out, is there any way I can rollover the funds to a bank IRA and then take a distribution from the bank without having taxes withheld?
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William
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Probably yes.

See the instructions for IRS Form W-4P, which you should read and fill out in due course.

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The 20% withholding on your 401k is mandatory, according to these instructions, not just your company's policy.

Reply to
Mark Bole

Since you don't work for the company any more, by all means transfer all of the funds from the 401k to an IRA. Verify that your IRA bank will allow withdrawls without withholding - FWIW both of my own IRA accounts allow this.

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bo peep

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