Retirees are losing as much as $1.7 billion per year due to big mistakes with required minimum distributions.

There are lots of smart ways to use your RMD. It could fund an emergency fund, for example, or help you pay down debt. You might also reinvest the money, so that it can keep growing. If you're ...

Anyone with a tax-deferred retirement account must understand required minimum distributions (RMDs).

If you have your retirement savings in a traditional account, as opposed to a Roth, you should know that you can't leave your ...

For many retirees, taxes don’t disappear once the paychecks stop; they simply change form. Withdrawals from retirement ...

Required minimum distributions are often viewed as a compliance hurdle. With mandatory withdrawals from tax-deferred retirement accounts, there are steep penalties for mistakes. In reality, they ...

Tax-deferred investment accounts are subject to required minimum distribution (RMD) rules, meaning withdrawals become obligatory at a certain age. Retirees who have not yet taken an RMD in 2025 and do ...

A required minimum distribution (RMD) is the government's way of ensuring you'll pay taxes on money you once contributed to a retirement account tax-free. Even if someone else calculates your RMD for ...

In general, anyone with a tax-deferred retirement account must take withdrawals called required minimum distributions (RMDs) beginning at age 73. RMDs are calculated by dividing the retirement account ...

While most clients understand that they will eventually be required to take annual—and taxable—distributions from their IRAs and other traditional retirement accounts (RMDs), they may have yet to ...

Federal employees can use a new Thrift Savings Plan tool to weigh the tax costs and retirement advantages of moving traditional balances to Roth.

Individuals with a tax-deferred retirement account must take withdrawals called required minimum distributions (RMDs) beginning at age 73. RMDs are calculated by dividing the retirement account ...