You spend decades of your life stashing away money into retirement accounts. But one day, that switch flips, and you go from withholding contributions to withdrawing your hard-earned funds. That day ...

Dear Liz: I’m confused about required minimum distributions from my retirement accounts. I’d like to avoid taxes on my withdrawals, but it seems there is no way to avoid them. Please give me some ...

A required minimum distribution is the amount of money you must withdraw from your retirement account by April 1 of the year following the year you turn 73 (or 75, if you were born in 1960 or later).

Required minimum distributions, or RMDs, are the amounts that must be withdrawn each year from specific retirement plan accounts upon reaching the required minimum distribution age. These mandatory ...