Inherited IRA Tax Planning

Inherited IRA tax planning, done before you withdraw

You inherited a retirement account, and a deadline came with it. We map what comes out and in which years — before a withdrawal locks in tax you never had to pay.

$0 first review · flat fee quoted before any work starts
$0first review, before you decide anything
10 yrsthe window most beneficiaries get, mapped year by year
$0moved by us — the account stays with your custodian
Why it matters

The account doesn't care which year you take the money. Your tax bracket does.

Almost all of the avoidable cost here comes from timing, not from the rule itself.

Waiting it out
Nothing comes out for years, then the whole balance has to. One year absorbs income meant to be spread across several, at the highest rates you'll ever pay on it.
Planned withdrawals
The balance comes out across the years you have, sized to the room in each one — and adjusted when your income changes.
Emptying it early
The account is cleared out quickly to be done with it, stacking income on top of your working years and pushing you past thresholds that carry their own costs.

Which years can absorb what — that's the whole job, and it's worth doing before the first irreversible withdrawal. Once money leaves the account, it can't go back in.

What we handle for beneficiaries

Which deadline is actually yours
Your relationship to the owner and their age at death decide which schedule applies to you. We confirm it in writing before anything else is planned.
A year-by-year withdrawal schedule
An amount for each year of your window, built around your other income, not a flat split.
The thresholds worth staying under
Withdrawals can raise more than your tax bill — they reach into premiums and credits too. We map those lines and keep the plan under them where it pays to.
The surviving-spouse decision
Keeping the account as inherited and making it your own lead to different deadlines and different access to the money. We model both before you choose, because the choice doesn't reverse.
Missed withdrawals, cleaned up
If a required withdrawal was skipped, there's a defined route to take it late and ask for the penalty to be waived. We prepare the request and the filing that goes with it.
The return that reports it
We prepare the return in the years we're planning, so what was modeled and what is filed are the same numbers.
What you leave with

A schedule you can hand to your custodian.

Not a summary of the rules — the actual numbers, in order, with the reasoning written next to them.

01
Your deadline, confirmed in writing
Which rule governs your account, when the window closes, and whether anything is required in the meantime.
02
The amount for this year
What to withdraw before December 31, why that figure, and what it does to your return.
03
The plan for the years after
The full sequence to the end of the window, with the points where it should be revisited — a raise, a retirement, a sale, a move.
04
An honest read on whether it's worth paying for
Some inherited accounts are small enough, or the income picture flat enough, that the plan is simply "take a tenth each year." When that's the answer, we tell you and you're done.
How it works

Three steps, and we never touch the account.

1

You send what you have

The account statement, the date of death, the owner's age, and a rough picture of your income. Ten minutes of gathering, no forms to fill out.

2

We model the years

We run your window against your projected income and find where the room is — which years can carry more, which thresholds to stay under, and what that means for each withdrawal. This is the part that's hard to do alone.

3

You execute at your custodian

You take the withdrawals through your own institution on the schedule we give you. We don't move money, sell investments, or manage the account — and we're there the following year when the numbers change.

“Most people call us a year or two in, after a withdrawal they can't undo. Earlier is cheaper, and the first look costs nothing.”

We do this work all year, mostly for people who inherited from a parent and were handed a deadline nobody explained. You'll get the schedule straight, in plain numbers, and if there's nothing here worth paying us for, we'll tell you that instead of selling you a plan.

N&T Tax & Advisory Group · Santa Clarita, California

How the fee works

A flat fee, quoted up front.

The review is free. If there's work worth doing, we quote one flat number for it — no hourly meter, no surprises at the end.

01How many years are left in your window, and whether withdrawals have already started.
02How complicated your income is — a steady salary models faster than a business, rentals, or a retirement year mid-stream.
03Whether something needs fixing, like a missed withdrawal or a prior year reported wrong.
04Whether we file the return or hand the schedule to your own preparer.
✓After the free review, we quote you a flat number — before any work starts. No surprises.
Is this you?

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Questions people ask before hiring us

What does the first review cost?
Nothing. We look at what you inherited, when the owner died, and what you've taken out so far, then tell you whether there's planning worth paying for. If there isn't, we'll say so.
Do you work with people outside California?
Yes. This is a remote engagement nationwide, by phone or video. Nothing about an inherited account requires us to be in the same room, and most of our work here is out of state.
Do you move the money or manage the investments?
No. We never touch the account. You keep your custodian and your advisor; we give you the amounts and the timing, and you execute them.
What do you need from me to start?
The account statement, the date of death, the owner's age at death, and a rough picture of your household income for this year and next. If you've already taken withdrawals, the Form 1099-R for those.
I think I already missed a withdrawal. Is it too late to call?
No, and it's the most common reason people reach us. There is a defined way to fix a missed withdrawal and request relief from the penalty, and the fix is usually smaller than people fear.
Do you also file the return, or only advise?
Either. Most beneficiaries have us prepare the return in the years we're planning the withdrawals, so what we modeled and what gets filed match. You can also take the plan to your own preparer.
When in the year should we do this?
Earlier is better, because the plan works by placing income in the right tax years, and December leaves fewer options. If you're already near year-end, we'll tell you what still needs to happen before the 31st.
Free review

Get the schedule before you withdraw.

Send us the statement and the date of death. We'll tell you which deadline is yours and what this year should look like — at no cost, before you decide anything.

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