The required min­i­mum dis­tri­b­u­tion table (rmd table) for those who reach age 70 and the rmd table for ben­e­fi­cia­ries are print­ed below. If you want to down­load this RMD table for an Excel spread­sheet, just high­light and copy the table and then in your spread­sheet select “paste spe­cial” and uni­code text.

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This required minimum distribution table below is used by people who own IRAs.

Note that the RMD table starts a age 70 since there are no required min­i­mum dis­tri­b­u­tions pri­or to that age. How to use  this required min­i­mum dis­tri­b­u­tion table.

RMD Table III
(Uni­form Lifetime)
(For Use by: Unmar­ried Owners, Mar­ried Own­ers Whose Spouses Are Not More Than 10 Years Younger, and Mar­ried Own­ers Whose Spouses Are Not the Sole Ben­e­fi­cia­ries of their IRAs)
Age	Dis­tri­b­u­tion Period	Age	Dis­tri­b­u­tion Period
70	27.4	93	9.6
71	26.5	94	9.1
72	25.6	95	8.6
73	24.7	96	8.1
74	23.8	97	7.6
75	22.9	98	7.1
76	22.0	99	6.7
77	21.2	100	6.3
78	20.3	101	5.9
79	19.5	102	5.5
80	18.7	103	5.2
81	17.9	104	4.9
82	17.1	105	4.5
83	16.3	106	4.2
84	15.5	107	3.9
85	14.8	108	3.7
86	14.1	109	3.4
87	13.4	110	3.1
88	12.7	111	2.9
89	12.0	112	2.6
90	11.4	113	2.4
91	10.8	114	2.1
92	10.2	115 and over	1.9

There is anoth­er table for IRA account hold­ers with spous­es 10 or more years younger where the spouse is name as the sole ben­e­fi­cia­ry. This table pro­vides more favor­able (i.e. slow­er) with­draw­al fac­tors.  The table is very lengthy as it has every com­bi­na­tion of ages for 10 spous­es 10-years apart in age.  You can find that table in the appen­dix here.

This next RMD table is used for people who inherit IRAs or qualified plan balances.

Since  ben­e­fi­cia­ry of such a retire­ment plan could be an infant, this required min­i­mum dis­tri­b­u­tion table starts at age 0. Use of the RMD ben­e­fi­cia­ry table.

Single Life Expectancy RMD Table (for Inherited IRAs) (For cal­cu­lat­ing post-death required distributions to beneficiaries) (From IRS Pub­li­ca­tion 590)
Age of IRA or Plan Beneficiary	Life Expectan­cy (in years)	Age of IRA or Plan Beneficiary	Life Expectan­cy (in years)	Age of IRA or Plan Beneficiary	Life Expectan­cy (in years)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	82.4 81.6 80.6 79.7 78.7 77.7 76.7 75.8 74.8 73.8 72.8	41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50	42.7 41.7 40.7 39.8 38.8 37.9 37.0 36.0 35.1 34.2	81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90	9.7 9.1 8.6 8.1 7.6 7.1 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.5
11 12 13 14 15	71.8 70.8 69.9 68.9 67.9	51 52 53 54 55	33.3 32.3 31.4 30.5 29.6	91 92 93 94 95	5.2 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.1
16 17 18 19 20	66.9 66.0 65.0 64.0 63.0	56 57 58 59 60	28.7 27.9 27.0 26.1 25.2	96 97 98 99 100	3.8 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.9
21 22 23 24 25	62.1 61.1 60.1 59.1 58.2	61 62 63 64 65	24.4 23.5 22.7 21.8 21.0	101 102 103 104 105	2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.9