Rollover of Company 401a/403a
I have a client that has an old “PEN” defined contribution plan. there are after tax contributions in the account. He is going to roll this over to his IRA, due to separation from service. additionally, since he is 73, the company said the RMDs must come out prior to the rollover.
Do the RMDs come out of the pre-tax bucket, the after tax bucket or proportionally. Can the client request how the RMDs come out prior to the rollover.
thank you
Permalink Submitted by Alan - IRA critic on Tue, 2024-11-19 13:12
If there is a pre 1987 after tax balance, client can request that this balance be distributed first, not subject to pro rating. For the post 1986 AT balance the plan will likely pro rate the after tax balance with pre tax dollars. While the client may wish that the RMD contain as much after tax as possible, the client needs to determine how much is left after the RMD so that it could be directly rolled to a Roth IRA tax free, with the pre tax sent to a rollover IRA in a split rollover.