To make sure these withdrawals are made, the IRS enacts required minimum distributions (RMDs), which become required the year you turn 73. The amount of these RMDs is based on two factors: your age ...

If anything can be blamed for creating chaos in the world of required minimum distributions (RMDs), it’s COVID-19. In response to the financial disruption caused by the pandemic – and in hopes of ...

Based on the letters I’ve received from frustrated readers, clarity and relief are now here. On Feb. 28, the IRS released its official final version of Publication ...

RMDs from retirement accounts can be complicated, and changes to the calculations will take effect next year. How well do you understand required minimum distributions (RMDs), which the IRS describes ...

What are RMDs anyway, and how are the required amounts determined? According to the IRS, you cannot keep retirement funds in your tax-favored account indefinitely. As a rule, you must start taking ...

In a previous Forbes post on inherited IRAs, I discussed the importance of making sure an RMD (required minimum distribution) was taken before the end of the year by a person inheriting an IRA ...