What beneficiary distribution options are available when a deceased IRA holders estate is named as the beneficiary of his or her IRA?
The distribution options available to an estate as an IRA beneficiary vary depending on whether or not the IRA holder died before his or her required beginning date. In cases where the IRA holder has died before his or her required beginning date, the IRA funds may be paid to the estate using the five-year rule (i.e., distribution may generally be made at any time in any amount provided the entire IRA is depleted by December 31 of the year containing the 5th anniversary of the IRA holder’s death). If the IRA holder died on or after his or her required beginning date, the estate may generally take distributions over the remaining (nonrecalculated) life expectancy of the deceased IRA holder.
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