*Withdrawals from your qualified plan are taxed as ordinary income and may be subject to a 10% Federal tax penalty if taken prior to age 59 1/2. If you left your employer in or after the year in which you turned 55, you may not be subject to the 10% early withdrawal penalty.
Intangibles with a Determinable Life. Intangible assets with a determinable life are amortized over their useful lives. Amortization is a process of allocating the expense over a number of accounting periods to reflect the actual amount of the asset consumed each period.
If the asset is tangible, this is called depreciation. If the asset is intangible; for example, a patent or goodwill; it's called amortization. To depreciate means to lose value and to amortize means to write off costs (or pay debt) over a period of time.