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

If you inherited an IRA, that windfall may cost you money if you aren’t careful. That’s because there are rules surrounding inherited IRAs to ensure the money is eventually taxed and the IRS is paid.

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 ...

An inherited Roth IRA, also sometimes called a beneficiary IRA, is an account created for the beneficiary of a Roth IRA after the original account holder’s death. Inherited Roth IRAs do not inherit ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bob Carlson researches all facets of retirement finances. Congress and the IRS made inheriting an IRA a very complicated, ...

Inherited IRAs and spousal IRAs are two different types of accounts that you can use for retirement planning. An inherited IRA is created when someone inherits that account, often from a non-spouse. A ...

If you’ve inherited an individual retirement account, you may have big plans for the balance — but costly mistakes can quickly shrink the windfall, experts say. Many investors roll pre-tax 401(k) ...

Starting in 2025, certain heirs with inherited individual retirement accounts must take required withdrawals every year or face an IRS penalty. The rule covers most non-spouse beneficiaries if the ...

Should you rollover a spousal inherited IRA or just leave it? This is likely just one of the many decisions that has been dropped in your lap. You may also receive much well-meaning advice from ...

The tax rules for inherited IRAs have always been complicated. But the SECURE Act, and the recently related IRS regulations, have made beneficiary IRAs the worst possible assets for wealth transfer ...

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 ...