Retirement tax questions

If you have more than one Traditional IRA, your RMD must be calculated on the total value of *all* Traditional IRA accounts as of December 31 of the year prior to the RMD year (i.e. Dec 31, 2016 from the 2017 RMD).  The RMD can be taken from any or a combination of accounts.    The RMD can be calculated for each account separately by the custodian of the account and added together to get the total years RMD amount.
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