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Inherited Individual Retirement Account rules and calculations

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Jan 26, 2026
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What steps should an IRA owner take to confirm a charity can accept a QCD before initiating a transfer?

Before instructing an to send money to a nonprofit, an IRA owner should confirm the charity is an eligible public charity (not a donor‑advised fund or private foundation), verify the charity can and w...

Jan 29, 2026
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I have been receiving a pension from a workplace. Last year, they decided to purchase an annuity for me instead of paying the pension. IRS wants to know what RMD I received from my annui=ty.

When an employer converts a pension to an annuity, the annual annuity payments generally count as required minimum distributions (s) for the portion of the retirement account used to purchase that ann...

Jan 30, 2026
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Which IRS rules define the required contents of a contemporaneous written acknowledgement for QCDs?

The internal rules that govern what a (CWA) must contain are rooted in the substantiation rules of §170(f) and the IRS guidance that implements it, and those rules—summarized in IRS guidance such as t...

Jan 23, 2026

Are surviving spouses or eligible disabled beneficiaries exempt from the 10-year rule under the 2026 changes?

Surviving spouses and certain disabled beneficiaries are treated as “” (EDBs) and, under the post‑ rules and subsequent guidance, are not strictly subject to the blanket 10‑year cleanout rule that app...

Jan 6, 2026

WHAT IS THE 2026 RMD LIFE EXPECTANCY?

The "2026 RMD life expectancy" refers not to a single number but to the distribution-period factors in the IRS life-expectancy tables used to compute required minimum distributions (RMDs) for 2026; mo...