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  • August 18, 2021
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What is the current required timing for taking the RMD...when it is the initial withdrawal and you turned 70 in 2020?  Does it need to be taken in 2021 or by the tax filing date for 2021, i.e. April 15, 2022?

    Best answer by macuser_22

    @21norman02 wrote:

    So if I was born in February 1950, I would not have to start RMD until I turned 72 in 2022...and then would have until April 1st of 2023 to make withdrawal...correct??


    That is correct.



    @DoninGA wrote:

    @21norman02 wrote:

    So if I was born in February 1950, I would not have to start RMD until I turned 72 in 2022...and then would have until April 1st of 2023 to make withdrawal...correct??


    That is correct.


    And that would only apply to your first RMD.   It would be the 2022 RMD deferred to Apr 1, 2023, but you still must take another 2023 RMD before the end of 2023.

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    Critter-3
    Level 15
    August 18, 2021

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    DoninGA
    Level 15
    Level 15
    August 18, 2021

    The rules for taking an RMD have changed.

    Go to this IRS website for RMD information - https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-required-minimum-distributions-rmds

     

    Beginning date for your first required minimum distribution

    • IRAs (including SEPs and SIMPLE IRAs)
      • April 1 of the year following the calendar year in which you reach age 70½, if you were born before July 1, 1949.
      • April 1 of the year following the calendar year in which you reach age 72, if you were born  after Jun 30, 1949.
    • 401(k), profit-sharing, 403(b), or other defined contribution plan
      Generally, April 1 following the later of the calendar year in which you:
      • reach age 72 (age 70½ if born before July 1, 1949), or
      • retire (if your plan allows this).

    See the chart comparing IRA and defined contribution plan RMDs.

    Critter-3
    Level 15
    August 18, 2021

    @DoninGA 

     

    Good catch ... got to wake up.