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Client, past the required beginning date on the date of death, died in December 2013 at age 77. The primary...

You name a trust as the beneficiary of your IRA. How many beneficiaries are there of the IRA? One. You name a trust as the beneficiary of your IRA. The trust beneficiaries are your six children. How many beneficiaries are there of the IRA? One – the trust. That’s right. There is only one beneficiary. The children do not get to split the IRA. They do not get to use their own life expectancies, they all have to use the age of the oldest trust beneficiary. They do not get to choose whether to take stretch distributions or take their entire share in one lump sum. They are not the beneficiaries – the trust is the beneficiary.

Taxpayer age 73, died in 2013 after satisfying their 2013 RMD. Left assets to two children equally. IRA was split...

This week's Slott Report Mailbag talks about an "educational" IRA (a popular topic during graduation season), how to value non-spouse inherited IRAs and whether a retired individual can go through with a Roth conversion. Click to read this week's Q&A with our IRA Technical Expert.

I am 67 years old, retired but still have money in my old company’s savings plan (401k retirement plan). It’s...

We have a client that has been withdrawing funds from his IRA on a monthly basis and has recently passed...

This past Monday, our nation celebrated Memorial Day, a day dedicated to honoring the brave men and women who have lost their lives while serving in our Armed Forces. While no financial benefit can ever console or adequately compensate the families of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, when a member of the Armed Forces dies, his or her loved ones are often the beneficiaries of a Service member’s Group Life Insurance (SGLI) policy. Click for more details about this policy and how it affects the families of those who served their country.

The clients completed all necessary paperwork for a Roth contribution, for 2013. It was to be funded via moving cash,...

I have a client who gave to a charity in May of 2012 from his IRA and hoped that legislation...

If you’re thinking about moving your IRA funds to a different IRA custodian, generally the better way to do it is by transferring the funds directly to another financial institution. IRA-to-IRA transfers are often called direct transfers or trustee-to-trustee transfers. In a direct transfer between IRAs, you don’t have use or control of the IRA money while it’s being moved between two financial institutions. A benefit of using direct transfers between IRAs is that transfers do not have to follow the IRA 60-day rollover rules.