The IRS allows you to change your Series of Substantially Equal Periodic Payments (SOSEPP) allowed under §72(t)(2)(A)(iv) – one time, and only one time. And then, you’re only allowed to change your method from either the fixed annuitization method or the fixed amortization method to the Required Minimum Distribution method.
This is the only exception allowed for making a change to your SOSEPP during its enforcement period, which is the later of five years after you started the SOSEPP or when you turn age 59 1/2. The exception is documented in Rev. Ruling 2002-62, 2.03(b).
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[...] your future payments will be exactly the same until the SOSEPP is no longer in effect. There is a one-time opportunity to change to the Required Minimum Distribution method, described [...]
[...] your future payments will be exactly the same until the SOSEPP is no longer in effect. There is a one-time opportunity to change to the Required Minimum Distribution method, described [...]
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