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What You Should Know About Required Minimum Distributions

What You Should Know About Required Minimum Distributions

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With all the legislative changes related to retirement distributions over the last couple of years, it’s important to have a clear understanding of what to expect for the current year. In particular, it’s critical to know what to expect with Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) for tax year 2021. RMDs are required distributions investors over a certain age must take out every year from their retirement savings accounts.


As part of the SECURE Act of 2019, the age when RMDs are required was increased from 70 ½ to 72 years. Furthermore, as part of the CARES Act passed in 2020, the RMD requirement was temporarily waived. So, what should you expect for 2021?

Read the full article in our November, 2021 newsletter here.