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The 99% Rule for Spousal Beneficiaries of Retirement Accounts
Slott Report 
May 23, 2017
"When a spouse chooses to remain a beneficiary of an IRA, they are able to take penalty-free distributions from the account at any age and at any time.... The second option for a spouse beneficiary, and one available only to a spouse beneficiary is to ... [take] a distribution from their deceased spouse's IRA or a beneficiary IRA they inherited from the spouse and [move] the funds, either directly, or indirectly within 60 days, to their own IRA.... Once the funds are deposited into their own IRA, they are treated as if they were always in the account. There is no way, at this point, for the surviving spouse to change their mind and be treated as a beneficiary."
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