Illinois Estate Planning and Elder Law Blog
In Kelly Greene’s Wall Street Journal article regarding inherited IRAs, she points out that IRA owners must start taking required withdrawals from traditional IRAs by April 1 of the year after they turn 70 ½. If they are past that age and die before taking the current year’s withdrawal, their IRA beneficiary takes the distribution based on the owner’s life expectancy and reports it as ordinary income on the beneficiary’s own tax return.
Ms. Greene goes on to state that many IRA custodians require the beneficiary to set up an inherited account and transfer the assets to it before taking the current year’s withdrawal.
Consult your estate planning attorney for further information.