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An Executor's Guide to Inherited Retirement Benefits: RMDs

Here's a rundown of an estate's options and obligations related to required minimum distributions.

Jul 7, 2021

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This month and next, I'll offer a detailed look at the issues and obligations that executors face when retirement benefits are payable to the decedent's estate. First up, required minimum distributions.

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