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What will my heirs have to withdraw from an inherited IRA?

The SECURE Act replaced the lifetime stretch with a ten-year window for most non-spouse beneficiaries. Model what an inherited account requires of the person who inherits it.

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Beneficiary RMD

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  • For most non-spouse beneficiaries of owners who died in 2020 or later, the SECURE Act replaced lifetime stretch distributions with a requirement to empty the account within ten years. That compresses the tax into a decade, often landing in the beneficiary’s highest-earning years.

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