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“We’re talking easy math.”

To figure out your required minimum distribution, simply divide your total plan balance by your life expectancy factor (available from the IRS). Hard to believe the math could be that simple with tax folks involved. Surprise! Here’s an example:


This is how Ted figures his 2004 required minimum distribution.

Step
Result
1. He finds his 2004 total account balance on his plan statement.
$210,000
2. He looks up his his life expectancy factor in IRS Publication 590. (Ted is currently age 72.) .
25.6
3. He divides $210,000 by 25.6.
$8,203.12

Source: IRS Publication 590, Appendix C, Uniform Lifetime Table.

“Attention, May-December couples”

If there is more than 10 years’ difference in your ages, be sure to use the IRS’s special life-expectancy table. Factors from this table allow you to withdraw even less each year in the way of minimum distributions.

Under age 70 1/2
Age 70 1/2
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