Custodian confusion on RMDs

An 80 year old individual passed away in May 2020. A recent statement from the custodian of the inherited IRA for the 62 year old daughter who inherited the IRA shows an RMD needs to be taken based on the Single Life Expectancy table based on the beneficiary’s age. Didn’t the SECURE Act eliminate the ability to stretch inherited IRA distributions? Or am I missing something here? Do different rules apply if the deceased was already taking RMDs? If not, then this could lead to a lot of confusion for beneficiaries taking out RMDs thinking they are satisfying the requirements when they are in fact not since they are subject to the 10 year rule and not the lifetime stretch.



 The 10 year rule applies here with no annual RMDs. Most likely, the custodian was confused due to the IRS first issuing Pub 590 B which incorrectly indicated that annual RMDs were required within the 10 year rule, however the IRS error was corrected within 4 or 5 weeks and they corrected the 590 B. Apparently the custodian missed the IRS correction.

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