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The Truth About Beneficiary IRA Accounts

July 4, 2009 by Wealth Review News 

by Jessica Haug A Beneficiary IRA or an Inherited IRA, as it is sometimes known, is when the account is transferred to a spouse or other beneficiary after the death of the account holder. The funds from an existing Traditional, Simple or Roth IRA are transferred into an Inherited IRA. This allows the funds to remain tax-free until the IRS requests that the funds are released. The beneficiary has to have been named by the account holder in order to be eligible to open a Beneficiary IRA. The e

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