Each week, in our Ask the Editor series, Joy Taylor, The Kiplinger Tax Letter Editor, answers questions on topics submitted ...

I’m 84 and widowed. My daughter is the beneficiary of my IRA and the successor trustee for my revocable living trust.” ...

If the original Roth IRA was open for at least five years, you can withdraw the funds tax-free. Otherwise, earnings are taxable. Inherited Roth IRA rules for nonspouses.

If you are the spouse of the original account owner, you can roll over an inherited IRA into your own IRA. If you're a non-spouse beneficiary, you must cash out the assets in the inherited IRA ...

The original account holder’s Roth IRA custodian can help you understand your options, but they can’t give you advice or recommendations. Inheriting a Roth IRA as a Non-Spouse .

An inherited IRA, also known as a beneficiary IRA, is an account that you open when you inherit an IRA after the original owner dies. You can't make additional contributions to an inherited IRA.

These EDBs all qualify for the stretch IRA, but they are not all alike. For example, those who inherited from someone who died before their RBD can also elect the 10-year rule.

Assets in the original IRA must be transferred into an inherited IRA in the beneficiary’s name. Additional contributions cannot be made to the inherited IRA but the funds remain tax-deferred.. f ...

An inherited IRA is a tax-advantaged investment account that a person or entity opens to place the money that they've inherited from a deceased loved one's retirement plan.

If that’s not the case, she’s back to draining the account within 10 years. Many inherited IRAs require annual distributions. Since this is a Roth IRA, however, the original owner would not ...

The SECURE Act largely eliminated the so-called stretch IRA that allowed non-spouse beneficiaries to take distributions over their lifetimes. The lowdown on inherited IRAs - Los Angeles Times ...