If an investor chooses to take a premature distribution from a qualified account before he or she is eligible to do so, the IRS imposes a 10% penalty on the amount withdrawn. The money is also taxed as ordinary income in the year the investor withdraws it.
Updated: 13 October 2016. Although it is best known for its cultural and artistic advancements, the Italian Renaissance was also a period of significant scientific progress too. We take a look at some of the eraâs most interesting inventions, from Leonardo da Vinciâs parachute to Galileoâs precursor to the modern thermometer.
The great intellectual movement of Renaissance Italy was humanism. The humanists believed that the Greek and Latin classics contained both all the lessons one needed to lead a moral and effective life and the best models for a powerful Latin style.