Beneficiary ROTH Tax Question
Hello,
I asked this question of several experts last year before taking a total disbursement from an inherited ROTH IRA. I mostly got the same answer but am asking again because it’s tax time and I’m getting nervous. Here are the facts:
1) Beneficiary ROTH IRA, originally was opened with a deposit in May, 2016.
2) Consisting of Stocks and Mutual Funds
3) I was a friend, not a relative
4) Previous owner died in June, 2020
5) Total Distribution in March, 2021
6) I am age 55
I was (usually) told that I would not owe taxes on the disbursement due to the following:
1) “Five Year Rule” met in January 2021 (due to IRAs automatically dating from January of tax year opened)
2) Age of Owner (not 59 1/2) waived due to Beneficiary ROTH account
Does everyone agree, I hope?
Just being super-paranoid! Thanks to all for your help!
Permalink Submitted by Alan - IRA critic on Tue, 2022-02-08 04:15
Yes, that is correct. All you have to do is report the gross distribution on line 4a of Form 1040. An 8606 is not needed because the inherited Roth was qualified. Only thing that could technically change this would be if the 2016 contribution was an excess contribution since the 5 year clock cannot start with an excess contribution.
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