How do you handle late RMD distributions?
Emily Baldwin 
Key Takeaways
- Owners of a tax-deferred individual retirement account (IRA) or another type of retirement account must take required minimum distributions (RMDs) from that account beginning at age 72 to avoid a penalty tax.
- If a withdrawal is missed, then the account owner must pay the penalty or submit a waiver request.
How do I get a waiver of the RMD 50 penalty?
Requesting a waiver of the 50% tax is done by completing IRS Form 5329, and IRA owners must use the version of the form that was issued for the year the RMD was missed. For example, if the RMD error occurred in 2018, the 2018 version of Form 5329 must be filed.
What is the last day to take RMD?
April 1
The April 1 deadline applies to all employer-sponsored retirement plans, including profit-sharing plans, 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans and 457(b) plans. The RMD rules also apply to traditional IRAs and IRA-based plans such as SEPs, SARSEPs, and SIMPLE IRAs, however, they do not apply to ROTH IRAs.
When to delay RMD if spouse is younger than 72?
If your spouse was younger than 72: you can delay RMDs until your spouse would have reached age 72. RMD Rules When a Non-Spouse Inherits a Traditional IRA The SECURE Act , which passed at the end of 2019, raised the RMD age from 70.5 to 72.
What should I do if I missed my RMD?
(If an RMD is missed, either by the decedent or the heirs, the heirs could take the money immediately and file Form 5329 to ask the IRS for relief from the 50% penalty.) Profit and prosper with the best of Kiplinger’s advice on investing, taxes, retirement, personal finance and much more – straight to your e-mail.
Is there a 50% penalty for a RMD mistake?
In the end, the key point is that, while RMD mistakes are common among owners (and beneficiaries) of tax-preferenced retirement accounts, it’s actually quite likely that the IRS will waive the 50% penalty… but only if the appropriate steps are taken in a timely manner to rectify the error.
When do you need to start an after death RMD?
Required Beginning Date. The required beginning date for after-death RMDs is the same as lifetime RMDs. Specifically, for IRA owners and employees who are more than 5% owners of the employer sponsoring the plan the required beginning date is April 1st of the year after the year the owner reaches age 72.
