I have a technical question regarding IRA minimum distribution requirements and the new regs:
Client began receiving minimum distributions in 1988. We are unable to determine what method (joint, single, etc.) he was using.
He died in 1994 at which time a trust was established and his wife began receiving distributions. She was 69. The initial divisor was "17" and declines by 1 each year.
The question is: Can we change the method to distribute based on HER life expenctancy under the new regs? Objective is to slow the distributions down.