2021 IRA RMD & QCD Limit
I have a client who turned 72 in 2021 and his 2021 IRA RMD is $42,000. The client has already processed a $2,000 QCD and a $40,000 RMD in 2021, which fully satisfied his RMD requirements for 2021. However, he would like to know the maximum QCD he is allowed to make in 2021, which I believe is another $98,000 for a total of $100,000, if desired. I wanted to reconfirm this is correct and the $40,000 RMD already processed in 2021 does not reduce the allowable QCD amount. Is this correct?
Permalink Submitted by Alan - IRA critic on Wed, 2021-08-18 16:19
Yes, that is correct. The first 2000 QCD reduced the taxable amount of his RMD to 40,000, but while the additional QCD up to 98,000 will not be taxable, neither will it reduce the 40,000 portion of the RMD that is taxable. If client needed that 40,000 to pay expenses, no harm is done, but if client does not need the 40,000, then the QCD should have been completed before the RMD was completed.