The death of a loved one is hard enough without the added stress of inherited accounts.

If you have just inherited a Roth IRA from your parent, spouse, or non-spouse, here are the rules for taxes and beneficiaries you need to know.

If you inherited an IRA from someone who died in 2019 or earlier, you're probably confused about the rules. You're ...

Inheriting a retirement account is supposed to feel like security, not a tax trap. Yet the current inherited IRA regime can turn a windfall into a punishing series of deadlines, penalties and surprise ...

In a recent monthly column, Ed Slott reviewed the options of a young widow who is the beneficiary of an IRA. Following is a summary of the two main options available to a widow in this position. The ...

Inheriting an individual retirement account isn’t like inheriting most other assets. With an inherited IRA, there are a lot of moving parts in terms of the type of IRA, the payout options, who the ...

Every week, Allworth Financial’s Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby, CFP ®, answer your questions. If you, a friend, or someone in your family has a money issue or problem, feel free to send those questions ...

Few people would complain about receiving an inheritance, including one in the form of an IRA. However, if you do inherit the retirement plan of a loved one, there are some rules you have to follow ...

The Secure Act of 2019 changed inherited IRA rules. Distribution time frames from inherited IRAs depend on whether you’re a spouse. Required minimum distributions from an inherited IRA could be ...

When someone dies with money left in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), the funds can get passed on to the person's loved ones through an inherited IRA. The recipient(s) may spend the funds ...

Few people would complain about receiving an inheritance, including one in the form of an IRA. However, there are some rules that you’ll have to follow if you inherit an IRA, and they may create some ...