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Withdrawals must be taken in any year a person reaches 70 1/2 years old. There is a table in Publication 590 on the IRS' web site that indicates the percentage that must be withdrawn in the year: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p590/index.html.

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Q: When do you have to start taking withdrawals from a traditional IRA?
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