Beneficiary IRA
Upon his death, a spouse transferred her husband’s 401K account to a beneficiary IRA. Her spouse was 64 when he died and she is not 70. Can she choose either the more liberal spousal RMD table that would defer any RMD until she is 70 1/2 or is she required to use the Single Life table because the assets are held in an account titled as a “Beneficiary IRA” rather than a “Rollover IRA”.
Permalink Submitted by Jose Morales on Wed, 2015-07-22 16:30
If she leaves it in a beneficiary IRA she can defer RMDs until the year in which the deceased spouse would have attained the age of 70 1/2. If she moves the funds into an account in her own name she would need to take RMDs by April 1st of the year following the year she attains the age of 70 1/2.