Check with the plan administrator of your current employer to see whether the plan allows you to postpone RMDs until you retire. (This assumes you don’t own more than 5% of the company.) If the plan allows for the postponement, no RMDs need be taken from that 401(k). However, even though you are still working, you must take RMDs from each of the other 401(k)s. If you have not done so yet, you face a 50% penalty. Talk with a tax advisor to help you sort out your problem. You may be able to get the IRS to waive the penalty.
A written determination issued to a taxpayer by the IRS that interprets and applies the tax laws to the taxpayer’s specific set of facts. A letter ruling advises the taxpayer regarding the tax treatment that can be expected from the IRS in the circumstances specified by the ruling. It may not be used or cited as precedent by another taxpayer.