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Required Minimum Distribution or RMD is the amount you have to withdraw from you IRA or 401K, etc. beginning at age 70 1/2 per year (it can be divided into 12 monthly payments per year) or the IRS will charge you a 50% penalty for not withdrawing the RMD amount. The reason is the IRS wants you to pay taxes on your IRA or 401K by age 70 1/2 or you will be penalized a 50% penatly for not using that money. You cannot just leave it there forever. This applies only on pre-tax products that you have never paid any taxes on. A Roth IRA is not included because taxes were paid on that money before it was set aside for retirment. It is not Pre-tax but Post-tax. There is a formula you have to use to calculate and RMD by IRS rules and regulations. You can access such a calculator at the following: https://www3.troweprice.com/retailtools/rmdcalc/public/rmdStart.do?distYear=2011&beneDob=

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How would I use a rmd calculator?

RMD Calculator is a "Required Minimum Calculator" and is used to determine what your minimum distribution toward your IRA should be. To use a RMD Calculator you'll need your birthday for the current year and the total balance of your IRA as of the year before; you'll also need to know your spouses information.


When must you start withdrawing from your IRA?

For Traditional IRA (sep, simple, etc), you have to start withdrawing at age 70 1/2. At that time you would have to take a RMD each year based on your age factor and value of the all your trad. IRA (sep, simple, etc) account on last day of previous year (PFMV) - i.e, if your account(s) were worth $100,000 and your age factor was 23.5, then you would have to take $4255.32 for that years RMD. The RMD will change each year since the value of the account and age factor change each year. The goal of the RMD is to zero out the account, but the age factor are so far set that it not possible/will never happen. You not have to ever take withdraws from a Roth IRA since no RMD is required.


How do you calculate the Required Minimum Distribution from an IRA?

By taking the PFMV on 12/31 of previous year for all IRA accounts (Roth doesn't have RMD) and divide your age factor. i.e PFMV = $100,000 and age factor is 22.7 then the RMD would be $4405.29 RMD would be different each year since the PFMV and age factor will change. Age factor can be find in the 590 Pub on www.irs.gov


How can one determine one's RMD for one's IRA?

RMD stands for Required Minimum Distribution. This is the minimum amount you must withdraw from your Retirement account each year. To determine one's RMD take the account balance divide it by a distribution period from the IRS's Uniform Lifetime Table.


Can you invest a required minimum distribution from a traditional IRA into a Roth IRA?

Yes, as long you or your spouse (if filing jointly) have earned income equal to or greater than the RMD for that tax year.


RMD & Stretch IRA Calculator?

RMD & Stretch IRA Calculator The IRS requires that you withdraw at least a minimum amount - known as a Required Minimum Distribution - from your retirement accounts annually; starting the year you turn age 70-1/2. Use this calculator to help determine how you can stretch out your payments for as long as possible.


How can the rmd calculator help in finance and investing?

This calculator can help you figure out the amount of distributions you must withdraw from your 401K retirement or IRA account after you reach age 70.5. You can find a calculator like this at this link: http://individual.troweprice.com/public/Retail/Retirement/Required-Minimum-Distributions/Calculate-My-RMD/RMD-Calculator


Can you contribute to a Traditional IRA and a Roth IRA?

Yes, but combined contribution limits apply. For 2008 the maximum contribution amount is $5,000 for individuals under 50 years of age and $6,000 for those over 50. If you are under 50 and contribute $2,000 to your Roth IRA then you can only contribute $3,000 to your Traditional IRA. For a traditional IRA, you no longer can contribute after the age of 70 1/2 (RMD checks in). For Roth, you can contribute forever since no RMD are taken from this type of IRA account.


Do you include IRA single premium immediate annuities into a required minimum distribution calculation?

Single premium immediate annuity payouts (monthly or annual) from an IRA account automatically satisfy the IRS required minimum distribution rule. The annuity payouts are calculated based on life expectancy tables, just as RMD distributions are. The total of the IRA/SPIA account can therefore be excluded from the RMD calculation. Of course, ordinary income tax rates must be applied to the IRA SPIA distributions, as they are to any IRA distribution(s). CC, ChFc


Did congress pass a law on delaying IRA withdrawals?

Yes, no RMD is required to be taken for 2009. If it was a "first time" RMD for 2008 for cind. that just reach 70 1/2 in 2008, then that would of had to be taken by the deadline of 4-1-09.


Is there a maximum withdrawal for an IRA?

No, You are not required to withdraw any money from an IRA until you are 70 1/2 (RMD)- this doesn't apply to the Roth. The RMD is cal, of the amount of money you have in all your non-Roth account dividend by an age factor depend on who and how old your bene of the acoutn is. See pub 590 for the 3 different RMD charts. No, there is no maximum. You can take it all out after 70 1/2, but if you're prior to that age I say check with the IRS, especially for penalties.