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Beneficiary Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) - Spouse Inherited IRA Current Year

The IRS Code provides special rules that apply when original account owner's beneficiary is his/her spouse. The spouse beneficiary may elect to treat the inherited account as his/her own. The spouse beneficiary can also elect to not treat the inherited IRA as his/her own. Use this calculator to determine the Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) as a spouse beneficiary electing not to treat the inherited IRA as his/her own. Use this calculator to create a hypothetical projection of your future Required Minimum Distributions (RMD). The IRS Code provides special rules that apply when original account owner's beneficiary is his/her spouse. The spouse beneficiary may elect to treat the inherited account as his/her own.

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