If you try to withdraw early from just about any retirement plan, you'll be slapped with a penalty—an incentive to leave your money alone and let it build toward retirement like you always intended.

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If you try to withdraw early from just about any retirement plan, you'll be slapped with a penalty—an incentive to leave your money alone and let it build toward retirement like you always intended.

Retirement accounts exist to help you invest to build wealth for your golden years. That’s why Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules make it challenging to withdraw money from tax-advantaged retirement ...

The new rule will let you take up to $2,600 yearly from your 401(k) to pay for qualified long-term care insurance premiums without paying a 10% early withdrawal penalty if you're under age 59½. The ...

A new change tied to your retirement account could help cover one of the most expensive and often overlooked costs families face. Other WRAL Top Stories Under a new federal rule, some workers will be ...