Your age doesn't matter: You can get at that money without penalty or even income taxes. Both taxes and the 10% penalty apply to the earnings on your contributions, though, until your odometer hits 59 1/2 and you've had the money socked away for five years (with a few exceptions, below).
The term âcompound interestâ means that any interest charges are added to the principal (which is the amount you originally borrowed) so that your debt grows exponentially. If you have a $100 debt and it accrues 10% interest every month, then the first month you will be charged ten dollars (100 x 0.10).With compound interest, that ten dollars is added to your original debt, so now you have $110 of debt.f you charge the $200 to your credit card, then the amount will show up on your monthly credit card bill and you will have a 30 day grace period to pay it off, after which youâll begin to accrue interest on it.
How credit card interest is calculated. The average rate of interest on credit card debt is approximately 19%, with many as high as 29.99%. Interest is usually shown as an annual percentage rate and is a fee paid for borrowing money so you can spend money today to purchase things you would normally have to save for.