Does withdrawl of 401k affect unemployment in Indiana?

The laws regarding the impact of 401K disbursements can vary by states. As with most states, it can impact your unemployment benefits in Indiana, depending on the specifics of your 401K. Depending on whether or not you were fully vested, reporting a 401K disbursement can delay your unemployment benefits. If you are not fully vested, then your 401K withdraw is exactly the same as withdrawing money from a bank account, cashing in a bond, or any other financial instrument. In other Words, you are withdrawing and paying taxes on money already earned from that employer. However, if you're fully vested you would be taking money that your employer matched, in addition to money you already earned. In this case, the amount of your 401K disbursement would be divided by the amount of weekly unemployment benefits. The number of weeks you come up with when you divide your disbursement by the amount of weekly benefit, will delay your unemployment benefits until that number of weeks have passed. I am not attorney, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night. :P Actually, I asked a friend of mine who is a 3rd year law school student and he said this is how he understands it. (I.E. - if the money is all yours it shouldn't impact unemployment benefits, but if you're fully vested and taking your money plus additional employer matching funds it will delay it.)