The penalty for missing a required minimum distribution (RMD) is one of the largest in the Tax Code. For years it was 50 percent of the amount that should have been taken but was not. That penalty was ...

According to IRA expert Ed Slott (www.irahelp.com ), the penalty protection for missed required minimum distributions (RMDs) may not be as good as it seems. The SECURE 2.0 Act, passed at the end of ...

When a client fails to take a required minimum distribution, you usually want to seek a waiver of the 50% penalty that would apply to this mistake. My October 2015 column explained exactly how to ...

When someone passes away after age 70 1/2, the family needs to check to see if the deceased took out the required minimum distributions for the year from his IRA (individual retirement account). If ...

Investors older than 70 1/2 must withdraw an IRA required minimum distribution (RMD) from traditional/SEP/SIMPLE IRAs and 401(k)s by the applicable deadline--normally ...

If you're at least 73 years old and have a traditional tax-advantaged retirement account, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires that you withdraw a minimum amount of money every year and pay the ...

A trio of IRS forms can lead you astray regarding proper tax treatment of your retirement benefits. Form 5498 for inherited IRA: The first is IRS Form 5498, the "information return" your IRA provider ...