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Executive Summary Mother paid medical expenses directly to provider, and also paid daughter’s real estate taxes. IRS denied deduction to daughter since the daughter did not pay the expenses. Tax Court ruled that based upon substance over form, the mother had in fact made a gift to the daughter, and the daughter was the payor […]

Before they inherited $3 million in retirement accounts from their father last year, the three middle-aged siblings didn’t know it was possible for heirs to stretch out the tax benefits of such accounts for decades. But what they also discovered after his death is that doing this is tricky–and in some cases impossible–if the original […]

Later retirement could mean different IRA options. Be sure to explore them all.