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Substantially Equal Periodic Payments
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Substantially equal periodic payments (SEPP)
A method of distribution from IRA account assets that under certain conditions is not subject to the IRS's 10% premature withdrawal penalty for those under age 59-1/2.

Substantially Equal Periodic Payments
Annual distributions that one may take from an IRA without penalty, under certain conditions. Specifically, in order to avoid the penalty, one must agree to receive the payments in roughly the same amount for five years or until one turns 59 1/2 (whichever is longer). The SEPP structure allows one to access money in one's IRA before retirement without penalty, while still discouraging the abuse of the practice.


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To qualify under the substantially equal payments exception, the distribution must be part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (SEPPs) made (at least annually) for the life (or life expectancy) of the individual or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the individual and his or her designated beneficiary.
The Service determined that by taking the two additional payments, she had impermissibly modified her series of payments before she reached age 59 1/2, and therefore the substantially equal periodic payment exception was no longer effective for the 2004 distribution.
Based on the value of the account at that time and its expected growth, it was determined he should take out a fixed sum, hypothetically $28,000 annually for the next 25 years to satisfy the substantially equal periodic payment requirements for early distribution.
 
 
 
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