For some retirement account owners and beneficiaries, a very important deadline is looming. December 31 is the deadline to take 2024 required minimum distributions (RMDs) for many individuals.

If a person has multiple IRAs, even if they are held at different custodians, the total aggregated IRA required minimum distribution (RMD) must be withdrawn before any Roth IRA conversion (or 60-day rollover) can be completed.

Since the living, breathing beneficiary can inhabit the deceased person’s single life expectancy space, we have the Zombie Rule!

When a traditional IRA owner wants to convert all or a portion of his account to a Roth IRA, he needs to think long and hard about the transaction.

Before 2022, most people had no SOL protection, and the IRS could go back indefinitely to assess both penalties. In SECURE 2.0, Congress tried to remedy this.

If you were born in 1959, what is the first year that you must start taking required minimum distributions (RMDs)?

When it comes time to roll all these plan dollars to an IRA, where should (and where can) the different dollars go?

Learn how the new IRS rules for aggregating year-of-death RMDs impact IRA beneficiaries and distributions after the owner's death.

If you have multiple traditional IRAs and want to do a 60-day rollover (or Roth conversion) in a year when a required minimum distribution (RMD) is due, the IRS has a surprise for you.

In 2020, the SECURE Act completely changed the game for nonspouse IRA beneficiaries. Here is some good news if you are inheriting a Roth IRA.

Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the beneficiary to take whatever remains of the unpaid year-of-death RMD.

Of all the many provisions in the SECURE 2.0 Act, none has been more perplexing than Section 327, which changed the rules for spouse beneficiaries.