Contribution to a deceased person’s IRA?
Can a spouse make a 2012 IRA contribution to her husband’s IRA if he died in 2012? The IRA is still in his name.
Can a spouse make a 2012 IRA contribution to her husband’s IRA if he died in 2012? The IRA is still in his name.
Permalink Submitted by Alan - IRA critic on Mon, 2013-02-04 20:00
No, but if he had earned income in 2012 before passing, that income could be used to make a spousal IRA contribution for the surviving spouse if the surviving spouse did not reach 70.5 by the end of 2012.