Forgotten 20 year old 401k help.
Retirement I worked at a Taco Bell in high school and some time after, maxed out my 401k before getting deployed to support for Hurricane Katrina and forgot about it (classic crayon eater move) until recently. Given that this was something from the early 2000s, am I screwed or is this something I can still get access to? I’m just not sure how this is tracked now given the state of the changes in technology and data handling.
- ▪Retirement I worked at a Taco Bell in high school and some time after, maxed out my 401k before getting deployed to support for Hurricane Katrina and forgot about it (classic crayon eater move) until recently.
- ▪Given that this was something from the early 2000s, am I screwed or is this something I can still get access to?
- ▪I’m just not sure how this is tracked now given the state of the changes in technology and data handling.
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