The Plan offers you an opportunity to defer benefit payments until as late as age 72 or as long as you're still working. The Plan will also calculate and send your Required Minimum Distribution after you turn age 70½, if your systematic withdrawals are less than required.An RMD is simply the minimum amount that an employee must withdraw annually in retirement. Fill out a Salary Reduction Agreement form available from your. A deferred compensation plan is another name for a 457(b) retirement plan, or "457 plan" for short.