Tax reform is about simplifying the tax code and lowering taxes on beneficial activities while reducing tax leakages, or loss of revenue, and raising taxes on harmful activities. Hereâs what TRAIN does towards that end. First, the reform increases the income tax exemption threshold and adjusts the income tax rates and tax brackets to ensure that Filipinos will have higher disposable income. It is a realization that the economy cannot grow and prosper by squeezing out taxes from the middle class.
Withdrawing your earnings is a different matter. Any money in a withdrawal that exceeds the amount of your original contributions is considered âearningsâ and is subject to possible penalties and taxes. The penalty for early withdrawal of earnings, except under certain specified conditions, is 10 percent of the earnings that you withdrew. In addition, you may have to pay income taxes on those withdrawals.
Early Withdrawal Penalty. You can take money out of either a traditional or a Roth IRA at any time, but if you're younger than 59 1/2 withdrawals will be hit with a 10 percent penalty unless you can claim some hardship.ne way to withdraw money from a traditional IRA early without the tax penalty is to take substantially equal periodic payments.. This is a withdrawal plan that draws out a certain percentage of your contributions each year, based on an IRS formula for the amount in your fund and your life expectancy.