Inherited IRA rules: 7 key things to know 1. Spouses get the most leeway If someone inherits an IRA from their deceased spouse, the survivor has several choices of what to do with it: Treat the IRA as if it were your own, naming yourself as the owner. ...
Spouses have more flexibility in how to handle an inherited IRA. For one, they can roll over the IRA, or a part of the IRA, into their own existing individual retirement accounts. The advantage of this rollover is the ability to deferrequired minimum distributions (RMDs)of the funds until ...
Note: The SECURE Act 2.0 of 2022 changed some rules for spouses inheriting IRAs. Find out more in Viewpoints: Inheriting an IRA from your spouse. Sign up for Fidelity Viewpoints weekly email for our latest insights. Subscribe now Inherited IRA basics It's important to understand that an i...
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an inherited (beneficiary) IRA. Instead of assuming the IRA, the IRA can be re-registered as an inherited IRA in your name. Whether or not this makes sense for you depends on the type of IRA you have inherited (traditional or Roth), your decedent spouse's age, and the RMD rules. ...
The rules work differently for IRAs that you inherit. Before the SECURE Act, most beneficiaries had to take RMDs. But they could reset the RMD clock, so to speak, by using their own ages—presumably much lower than the deceased’s—and life expectancies to calculate the size of the require...
efficiently and that they avoid penalties for missed or under-withdrawn RMDs The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act forgave RMDs due for the 2020 tax year [IRC section 401(a) (9)(I)] [ ]as discussed below, owners are generally not required to make RMD withdrawals...
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Although the RMD rules apply toRoth 401(k)accounts, they do not apply toRoth IRAs.3 Required Beginning Dates (RBDs) and Inherited Accounts Retirement account holders specifybeneficiariesfor their accounts in the event of their death. In these cases, the required beginning date and any existing ...