The SECURE Act allows for penalty-free withdrawals from your retirement account, up to $5,000 per parent, within a year of your child’s birth or your adoption of a child into your family. This change allows you to avoid the 10% penalty typically assessed on early retirement withdrawals.
If you and your spouse withdraw $5,000 each from your separate retirement accounts, you will save $1,000 in penalties typically assessed. For families choosing to adopt, this savings is in addition to the Adoption Tax Credit of $14,300 per child for 2020 (with phase out tied to higher adjusted gross incomes).
Regardless of which path you choose to grow your family, penalty-free retirement withdrawals is another option to fund the journey whether through adoption or assisted reproductive technologies, such as use of a donor or gestational surrogate.
To learn more about Penalty-Free Retirement Withdrawal To Grow Your Family Adoption Or Assisted Reproduction, please contact Beresford Booth at info@beresfordlaw.com or by phone at (425) 776-4100.