Announcement 2026-7, page 697.

This Announcement provides that IRS and the Treasury Department anticipate that certain portions of future final regulations relating to required minimum distributions under

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section 401(a)(9) will apply for the distribution calendar year that begins no earlier than 6 months after the date that final regulations are issued in the Federal Register. In the interim, the Announcement states that taxpayers must apply a reasonable good-faith interpretation of the statutory provisions underlying the regulations.