Many plans approve hardship withdrawals through a self-certification process where you provide a written statement confirming: Your distribution meets the plan requirements and is for one of the approved “immediate and heavy financial needs.”
If you take your deferred compensation payments over a period of 10 years or more, those payments will be taxed in the state where you reside, rather than in the state in which you earned the compensation, possibly reducing your state income taxes.
A hardship withdrawal is a distribution from an employee's 403(b) retirement account made because of an immediate and heavy financial need. The distribution is limited to the amount necessary to satisfy that financial need and any applicable taxes and penalties.
A hardship distribution is a withdrawal from a participant's elective deferral account made because of an immediate and heavy financial need, and limited to the amount necessary to satisfy that financial need.
As always, you can speak with a Deferred Compensation Plan Customer Service Representative about the Plan and your account(s) on the phone by calling at (212) 306-7760, 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday, except holidays.
As always, you can speak with a Deferred Compensation Plan Customer Service Representative about the Plan and your account(s) on the phone by calling at (212) 306-7760, 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday, except holidays.