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Inherited IRAs – Your Must-Know Basics

Inherited IRAs – Your Must-Know Basics You’ve inherited an IRA.  What happens now? Are you the son, daughter, brother, sister, niece, nephew, friend, that has inherited an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) from someone (basically, anyone but your spouse)?  If you answered yes to this question, then you are subject to Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) rules…

Estate & Legacy, Retirement, Taxes

The SECURE Act: Simple Ideas for Your Planning

A recent post from Jamie on his WealthAdviceMadeSimple blog regarding the SECURE Act.   Setting Every Community Up For Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was recently signed into law by President Trump in December and offers a meaningful impact for retirement legislation. A more extensive overview of the law’s provisions can be found here, but for purposes…

Estate & Legacy

Closure to an unsettled estate

Jamie Menges was recently interviewed by the Wall Street Journal to discuss how families sometimes struggle to close an estate of a recently deceased loved one. The experience of PDS is that this is as much about helping families who are personally mourning the loss of a loved one as it is completing a task…

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