Each week, in our Ask the Editor series, Joy Taylor, The Kiplinger Tax Letter Editor, answers questions on topics submitted by readers. This week she's looking at eight questions on IRAs, 401(k)s and ...

Time flies — and never so quickly as we approach the annual deadline for taking required minimum distributions from traditional IRAs and 401(k) and 403(b) plans. With more boomers reaching age 73 each ...

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 ...

A required minimum distribution (RMD) is the minimum amount of money you must withdraw from employer-sponsored retirement accounts each year once you reach a certain age, depending on when your 72nd ...