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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

When someone dies with money left in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), the funds can get passed on to the person's loved ones through an inherited IRA. The recipient(s) may spend the funds ...

Some people like to imagine the ideal windfall: A surprise (and tax-free!) inheritance from a distant relative whom you barely remember or never met. It’s much less fun to think about navigating 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) ...

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 ...