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- Website design By BotEap.comPeople with financial difficulties related to COVID due to quarantine, leave, reduced working hours or unemployment.
- Website design By BotEap.comPeople who are financially affected by the lack of childcare services for school-age children.
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Provisions of the CARES Act for Sponsors and Participants of the Retirement Plan
Website design By BotEap.comThis article reviews some of the main provisions of the CARES Act regarding pension and retirement plans.
Website design By BotEap.comEarly withdrawals from plan participant retirement accounts
Website design By BotEap.comGenerally, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) imposes a 10% penalty on early withdrawals from retirement accounts. Early withdrawals are withdrawals before the retirement plan holder turns 59½, before death, or before he becomes disabled.
Website design By BotEap.comHowever, with the passage of the CARES Act, Section 2202, qualified individuals who have been affected by COVID-19 may be exempt from the 10% penalty on early withdrawals. Qualified individuals include the following.