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I am 75 years old and I am concerned that when I die my estate will have to pay income and estate taxes on my IRA. If I put my IRA into an annuity and receive annual payments, will that remove the IRA from my taxable estate?
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There is no way to get your IRA out of your estate except by taking the assets out of the IRA, paying income tax, and giving the money away before you die.
Your IRA is subject to estate tax when you die and your beneficiaries will have to pay income tax as the assets are distributed from the IRA.
But there is also an offsetting deduction for the estate tax that the beneficiaries can take on their personal returns. The estate tax and the offsetting deduction would not quite be a wash, but your beneficiaries would not be hit with a double tax, either.
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