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: North Carolina Estate Planning BlogIs your IRA heir-tight? Probably not...
By Gregory Herman-Giddens
The recent Kiplinger.com article How to leave an IRA that's heir-tight contains lots of good information and advice about IRA distribution planning, but there's a glaring omission - no discussion of the use of trusts to protect IRAs for the benefit of one's heirs.
A stand alone IRA trust provides for maximum stretch out of the IRA payments will providing maximum flexibility and protection. Anyone who has an IRA or other retirement plan over $200,000 (all accounts combined) or so who ultimately wants to leave it to children or grandchildren should seriously consider using an IRA Trust.
Full post as published by North Carolina Estate Planning Blog on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).
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