Got Company Stock in Your 401(k)? You Should Know about NUD.
by Michael Aloi, CFP®
Jun 09, 2022
3 minutes
In many large publicly traded companies, it’s common to reward employees with employer stock. Usually through a profit-sharing or ESOP plan, or at least by allowing employees to purchase stock themselves inside of their 401(k) plan. The disadvantage is when you withdraw money from a company plan, it is taxed as ordinary income. However, the IRS — if you can believe it — has two special rules to help: Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA) and Net Unrealized Depreciation (NUD).
Given today’s stock market
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