Ed Slott explains what the SECURE Act means for your heirs
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Congress passed important retirement legislation just before the holidays that has sent financial planners and tax professionals scrambling, because the law's impact on people with significant retirement savings is nearly immediate. The SECURE ACT will have an important impact on the estate plans of people with large tax-deferred IRAs (often rolled over from 401k accounts). It eliminates the so-called "stretch" IRA, which allowed non-spouse beneficiaries to draw down inherited tax-deferred accounts over the course of their lifetimes. Heirs will now be required to draw down the entire account amounts within a 10-year window--a change that will have negative tax and financial-planning consequences in many cases.
Ed Slott explains what the SECURE Act means for your heirs
Ed Slott explains what the SECURE Act means…
Ed Slott explains what the SECURE Act means for your heirs
Congress passed important retirement legislation just before the holidays that has sent financial planners and tax professionals scrambling, because the law's impact on people with significant retirement savings is nearly immediate. The SECURE ACT will have an important impact on the estate plans of people with large tax-deferred IRAs (often rolled over from 401k accounts). It eliminates the so-called "stretch" IRA, which allowed non-spouse beneficiaries to draw down inherited tax-deferred accounts over the course of their lifetimes. Heirs will now be required to draw down the entire account amounts within a 10-year window--a change that will have negative tax and financial-planning consequences in many cases.