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Inherited spousal ira

  • March 17, 2025
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Husband died in 2023.  I inherited his IRA in 2023.  Did not rollover into my IRA...title now listed as my name R/O IRA VFTC as custodian.  Turbo Tax asking if I inherited this and year when spouse died.  Do I still have to indicate that I inherited it and the year and do this for every future year?  Also we both had filled out 8606 in past.  Do I combine these now?

    Best answer by dmertz

    "Did not rollover into my IRA...title now listed as my name R/O IRA VFTC as custodian."

     

    The title suggests that you did roll the inherited IRA over to an IRA of your own and that the account is not an inherited IRA.  There is no limit to the number of traditional IRAs that an individual can have but for tax purposes they are treated as if they were all combined into a single IRA.

     

    If Form 1099-R for a distribution from this Rollover IRA has code 4 in box 7, the distribution is from an inherited IRA and you would answer Yes to TurboTax's question that asks if the distribution was from an inherited IRA.  If it has code 1, 2 or 7 in box 7, the distribution is from your own IRA, not from an IRA that is still an inherited IRA, so you would answer No to TurboTas's question..

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    dmertzAnswer
    Employee
    March 17, 2025

    "Did not rollover into my IRA...title now listed as my name R/O IRA VFTC as custodian."

     

    The title suggests that you did roll the inherited IRA over to an IRA of your own and that the account is not an inherited IRA.  There is no limit to the number of traditional IRAs that an individual can have but for tax purposes they are treated as if they were all combined into a single IRA.

     

    If Form 1099-R for a distribution from this Rollover IRA has code 4 in box 7, the distribution is from an inherited IRA and you would answer Yes to TurboTax's question that asks if the distribution was from an inherited IRA.  If it has code 1, 2 or 7 in box 7, the distribution is from your own IRA, not from an IRA that is still an inherited IRA, so you would answer No to TurboTas's question..

    fanfare
    Employee
    March 17, 2025

    If you spouse had a basis in IRA, and it is no longer inherited,  add that amount to your own basis.

    @bfgraue 

    bfgraueAuthor
    March 17, 2025

    Thank you for your response.  This makes sense and I appreciate it.