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Navigating the complexities of Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) is essential for retirees to avoid hefty penalties and ...

If you're charitably inclined, using a qualified charitable distribution, or QCD, is a great way to reduce your RMD. Instead ...

Retirees of a certain age with 401ks, IRAs and other workplace retirement funds must take required minimum distributions or ...

Required minimum distributions (RMDs) from pre-tax retirement accounts can have a number of unintended consequences. These ...

However, the IRS is reminding retirees who take their first distribution April 1 that they must also take their second RMD ...

More specifically, RMDs are the minimum amounts that must come out of given retirement plan accounts each year once the account holder reaches a certain age. RMDs, calculated based on a formula ...

The federal government encourages Americans to save for retirement in various ways. Tools like an IRA or 401(k) allow savers ...

There’s a reason workers are often encouraged to house their retirement savings in a Roth IRA or 401(k). Not only do Roth accounts offer the benefit of tax-free investment gains and tax-free ...

The Required Minimum Distribution is one of the most frustrating aspects in the financial arena and arguably one of the least ...

There’s a reason workers are often advised to save for retirement in a Roth IRA or 401(k). Not only do Roth retirement plans ...

Even if you don’t need to take money out of your carefully funded retirement accounts, the feds insist that once you turn 72, you start taking required minimum distributions (RMDs). Every dollar ...