Non-IRA Individual vs. Joint accounts
With respect to calculations of gross and taxable estates for a married couple, as far as the unlimited marital deduction goes, are the following structures one and the same in terms of what qualifies as an unlimited marital deduction?
Structure A: No joint accounts, but non-retirement assets split 50/50 as Individual accounts with Payable on Death (POD) or Transfer on Death (TOD) designations to the other
Structure B: All non-retirement assets are owned as Joint accounts WROS (with rights of survivorship)
Permalink Submitted by Alan - IRA critic on Tue, 2022-03-15 15:21
Yes, they are equivalent.
Permalink Submitted by Richard Rodrigues on Tue, 2022-03-15 18:03
Thank you Alan.