If you are entering retirement, understanding how required minimum distributions (RMDs) work is not optional. It is essential ...

After declaring three weeks ago that obesity was a disease, the Internal Revenue Service determined last week that people are going to live longer. The first decision gave obese people a tax deduction ...

Retirees with tax-deferred accounts should know when to take required minimum distributions (RMDs) and how to calculate the amount.

RMDs can be made in either cash or property, and there might be good reasons to distribute stock or other property.

'I am comfortably retired, but the tax bill is considerable' "Recently, I've wondered if it makes sense to transfer the inherited IRA to a non-retirement account, take the tax and Medicare premium hit ...

Qualified charitable distributions are the best way for those 70 1/2 and older to donate. But people often do not maximize ...