Francine
Mar 30 2005, 01:57 PM
A participant makes a TEFRA election to delay his minimum distributions from the DC plan. The participant has now died. How do we calculate the MRD for the participant/beneficiary? What account balance do we use - only benefits accrued prior to the TEFRA election?
Bird
Mar 30 2005, 03:36 PM
The election is supposed to spell out exactly how distributions are to be made upon death. Good luck; my experience has been that most or all of these things were done at the stroke of midnight without much attention being paid to the requirements.
I believe the entire account balance is subject to the election.