Insights
December 15, 2014
Reminder from your Friends at Coldstream
In Financial Planning
Deadline for Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs): Clients who are 70½ or older must take an RMD from their IRA and/or their QRP for the 2014 tax year. All RMDs must be withdrawn by December 31, 2014, with the exception of those clients who turned or will turn 70½ during this calendar year; these clients may defer their first distribution until April 1, 2015.
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