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Baby Boomers

PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. I know you probably won't answer, but why in the world have you been told

Reply to CountAllVotes (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 5, 2022, 10:19 PM

Jan 2022

you'll live 10 years less than your parents?

Exactly why did those grandparents die so young? Do you understand that things, especially health care, are vastly different these days?

In any case, if you have an IRA, and if you are now 70 1/2, there are many on-line resources to figure out your required distribution. Here's a link to one calculator: https://www.investor.gov/financial-tools-calculators/calculators/required-minimum-distribution-calculator

The internet is your friend.

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Are you turning 70 1/2 this year? Do you have IRA, 401K? [View all] question everything Dec 2016 OP

What is the "required withdrawal"? CountAllVotes Sep 2018 #1

IRS Publication 590-B gives detailed instructions question everything Sep 2018 #2

Thank you! CountAllVotes Sep 2018 #3

I know you probably won't answer, but why in the world have you been told PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author vanamonde Jan 2022 #4

I am pretty sure that was changed to 72. Captain Zero May 2022 #6

Why revisit a post from 2016?? Of course it was changed and will continue to.. question everything May 2022 #7