Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, commonly known as the SECURE Act, makes it easier to save for retirement. It also makes retirement plans more accessible to more people. Most changes based on the new law take effect January 1, 2020, but some won't be in place for another year or more.
Key takeaways—The SECURE Act:
Repeals the maximum age for traditional IRA contributions. Increases the required minimum distribution (RMD) age for retirement accounts to 72 (up from 70½). Allows long-term, part-time workers to participate in 401(k) plans. Offers more options for lifetime income strategies.
Now, individuals attaining age 70½ after December 31, 2019, are not required to start taking RMDs until age 72. Note, individuals who turned age 70½ prior to January 1, 2020, are still required to take RMDs upon attaining age 70½.
You reach age 70½ after December 31, 2019, so you are not required to take a minimum distribution until you reach 72. You reached age 72 on July 1, 2021. You must take your first RMD (for 2021) by April 1, 2022, with subsequent RMDs on December 31st annually thereafter.
A new bipartisan retirement bill has perks for seniors and savers shouldering student debt. The legislation, proposed by House lawmakers on Tuesday, would raise the age at which seniors must start drawing money from their 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts to 75.
Starting in 2020, for IRAs passing to most non-spouse beneficiaries (not including minor children of the owner, chronically ill or disabled, those less than 10 years younger, and properly drafted “see-through” trusts), the entire IRA must be distributed by the end of the 10th year following the owner's death.
THE 10-YEAR RULE. One of the big changes in the SECURE Act was the elimination of the stretch IRA for most non-spouse beneficiaries. It was replaced with the “10-year rule,” which says the inherited IRA (or Roth IRA) funds must be withdrawn by the end of the 10-year period after the death of the IRA owner.
While the SECURE Act ushered in a number of positive changes for retirement savers, it also changed the disbursement rules, affecting non-spouse designated beneficiaries.
The new tables are not effective until 2022. RMDs are waived for 2020, and RMDs for 2021 will be calculated under the current tables. The IRS revised the current tables, which have been in effect since 2020, to reflect the fact that Americans are now living longer.
The SECURE Act Changes the RMD Age Permanently, Beginning in 2020. ... Each year after the 70½ year, an RMD must be taken by December 31. This means two RMDs were required in the IRA owner's second RMD year if the first RMD was delayed until April 1. The SECURE Act increased the starting age for RMDs to 72.
Do retirees have to take RMDs from retirement accounts in 2020? “No, all RMDs have been suspended for 2020,” says Hayden. This waiver includes any retirement account subject to RMDs, such as IRAs, 401(k)s, Roth 401(k)s and inherited accounts.
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