can you withdraw money from a roth ira
You can also borrow from your 401(k). Penalty-free Withdrawals from Individual Retirement Plans. Normally, if you withdraw money from a traditional or Roth IRA before you reach age 59-1/2, you would pay a 10% early distribution penalty on the distribution, in addition to any regular income tax due.There is, however, an exception for distributions used to pay qualified higher education expenses.f you limit your withdrawals from a Roth IRA to just the contributions, the distribution is tax and penalty free when used for qualified higher education expenses. Funds in a traditional IRA are sheltered from the financial aid need analysis, and so have no impact on financial aid eligibility.