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Can I Reach My 401(k) Funds While Still Working?

We continue to get questions about the ability of employees to withdraw from 401(k) plans while still working. The tax code includes certain restrictions on these in-service withdrawals. Plans must follow these rules or they risk losing their tax-qualified status.But plans are also free to impose even more restrictive rules than required by the tax code
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INHERITED IRA 10-YEAR RULE AND DISABLED CHILD AS ELIGIBLE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY: TODAY’S SLOTT REPORT

Question:Hello,I have an inherited IRA which falls under the 10-year rule. I understand that the IRS has tried to clear up the 10-year RMD (required minimum distribution) confusion but I am still not sure which RMD Table I am supposed to use! I am a non-spouse (daughter of the deceased) and it's confusing. Will I need to make up the RMDs for the first two years when the rules were not clearly stated?Thank you,
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SECURE 2.0 Glitches and Unanswered Questions

Considering that it made 92 new IRA and retirement plan changes and is 357 pages long, it’s not surprising that the new SECURE 2.0 law has several unintended drafting errors and lots of unresolved questions.The drafting errors will have to be fixed, either by Congress in “technical corrections” legislation or by the IRS. The first concerns the delay in the age when RMDs (required minimum distributions) must start. The way SECURE 2.0 now reads is that someone born during 1959 will have two RMD ages: 73 and 75.
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