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Anon, non-tax anon here, but experienced same:
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Entire amount of withdrawal is counted as income. This will be added to any other income from employers etc.
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If you are below retirement age, there is an additional 10% "penalty" that will be added to your tax liability.
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Depending on the amount withdrawn, it may change your tax bracket.
Let's do an example:
Age: 35
Salary: $60,000.
Withdrawn amount from 401k: $40,000
As part of the withdrawal process many 401k's "helpfully" offer to withhold taxes.
So, the tax bracket would be determined by:
$60,000 + $40,000 = $100,000 in taxable income.
This means that the tax bracket would move upward from:
22% to 24%.
So, in this instance, anon would pay 24% on the 401k withdrawal plus another 10% since they're under retirement age equalling 34% on 401k withdrawal and a higher tax rate on all of their other income.
.34 * (401k) $40,000 = $13,600 just for the 401k withdrawal, plus
.24 * (salary) $60,000 = $14,400
So federal taxes would be $13,600+ $14,400 = $28,000 in taxes.
Anon can further explain if worthwhile.