Unintended Consequences – Part 2
In my post last week, I started to tell you about an interesting estate administration case involving an heir who had legally adopted the decedent a number of years before the decedent died. This was an adult adoption in which the adopted parent was only 10 years older than the adopted
An RMD and Tax Waiver Problem (Part 2)
               In my blog post last week I laid out Mary’s problem trying to draw out the required minimum distribution for 2018 from her deceased aunt’s IRA. June died in November and had not yet taken the minimum necessary (RMD) to avoid a 50% penalty. The bank holding the IRA,
An RMD and Tax Waiver Problem -Part 1
    Although New Jersey no longer has an estate tax we still have an inheritance tax and with it a tax waiver. Last week we received a call from Mary who had been appointed executrix of her Aunt June’s estate. June had not taken her required minimum distribution