Answer: $5,000
Explanation:
Per the requirements of qualified plans that permit loans, the maximum amount that an individual can withdraw is whichever is lesser between $50,000 and 50% of their Vested Account Balance.
Vance in this scenario has a vested account balance of $40,000.
50% of that would be $20,000.
That means that he can be loaned $20,000. However, he already has an outstanding loan balance that must be accounted for of 15,000.
Subtracting those figures we have,
= 20,000 - 15,000
= $5,000
The maximum loan that Vance can take from the qualified plan is $5,000
