Do tax-deferred annuities have required withdrawals at a certain age? Annuities are subject to the same RMD requirements if they are held inside an IRA. Nonqualified annuities (those held outside a retirement account) generally have no requirement to withdraw your funds at any age unless required by the annuity contract itself. Some contracts force distributions or annuitization to begin at a certain age, generally from age 85 to 100. A few contracts do not require distribution of the proceeds until death.
