If you make over $250k the Obama tax increases really smack you.
Rolling it to a IRA shouldn't be a big deal but my roll over wasn't over
$250K so I didn't go there. But I don't remember any such limit. The key
is making sure the money shows up in the IRA promptly.
If you have a tax pre person, this is a 1 minute question, I would ask. I
suspect you can roll it over without issue.
Also need to consider vesting if some of it isn't yet vested. In which
case just roll over the vested part.
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Socialism and statism are great as long as someone else pays for it.
Vesting? That only happens if the company does a match of some of the money.
Some companies have instant vesting of 401K money. Others require some sort
of wait.