Estate Planning With IRAs: The SECURE Act, Beneficiary Strategies & Advanced Planning Opportunities

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) represent one of the most significant assets many Americans will ever own. For clients who have diligently saved over a lifetime, an IRA may dwarf every other asset in their estate — yet it is also one of the most misunderstood from a planning perspective. The federal laws governing IRAs, dramatically altered by the SECURE Act of 2019 and updated again by SECURE Act 2.0 in 2022, have fundamentally changed how these accounts must be handled at death.

For clients who fail to plan carefully, the result can be an enormous, unnecessary income tax burden falling on their heirs at the worst possible time. This guide walks through the legal landscape governing IRAs, the critical court decisions affecting creditor protection, and the full spectrum of planning strategies available to clients at every level of complexity — from naming the right beneficiary to sophisticated charitable and life insurance structures.

Part I: The Legal Foundation of IRAs

A. The Federal Laws Creating IRAs

The Individual Retirement Account was created by Congress in 1974 under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The original intent was straightforward: encourage workers who lacked access to employer-sponsored pension plans to save for retirement by offering a tax deduction on contributions and deferring income tax on earnings until withdrawal. Since 1974, Congress has substantially expanded and modified IRA rules through a series of major legislative actions:

• The Tax Reform Act of 1986 restricted deductibility of contributions for higher-income earners with access to workplace retirement plans, but preserved the tax-deferral feature.
• The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 introduced the Roth IRA — a revolutionary account type allowing after-tax contributions that grow entirely tax-free, with no required minimum distributions during the owner's lifetime.
• The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) raised contribution limits and introduced catch-up contributions for those aged 50 and over.
• The SECURE Act of 2019 (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act) was the most consequential change in decades, dramatically restricting the ability of non-spouse beneficiaries to stretch inherited IRA distributions over their lifetimes.

The SECURE Act 2.0 of 2022 built on the original by raising the required beginning date for RMDs from age 72 to age 73 (and ultimately 75 in 2033), adding new Roth options for employer plans, and creating additional exceptions to the 10-year withdrawal rule.

Key Takeaway: IRAs are creatures of federal statute, and the rules change. Beneficiary designations and planning strategies that were optimal in 2015 may be badly outdated today. Regular reviews are essential.

B. How IRAs Are Taxed

Traditional IRA contributions are generally made on a pre-tax basis. The account grows tax-deferred, meaning no income tax is owed annually on dividends, interest, or capital gains. When distributions are taken — by the original owner or by an inheriting beneficiary — they are taxed as ordinary income at the recipient's marginal rate.

Roth IRAs operate in reverse: contributions are made with after-tax dollars, but qualified distributions are entirely tax-free. Critically, Roth IRAs have no required minimum distributions during the original owner's lifetime, making them a powerful wealth transfer tool. A beneficiary inheriting a Roth IRA still faces the 10-year withdrawal rule, but those distributions remain income tax-free.

This tax treatment is central to every planning strategy discussed in this guide. The goal is not simply to defer tax, but to direct it toward taxpayers in the lowest brackets, accelerate conversion when it makes sense, and in some cases eliminate it entirely through charitable planning or Roth strategies.

Part II: Creditor Protection — Clark v. Rameker

A. The Supreme Court's Landmark Decision

One of the most important — and most overlooked — aspects of IRA planning concerns what happens to inherited IRAs when a beneficiary faces creditors, a lawsuit, or divorce proceedings. Many clients assume that because their own IRA is protected under federal and state law, an inherited IRA will receive the same treatment. The Supreme Court settled this question decisively and unfavorably in Clark v. Rameker (2014).

In that case, Heidi Heffron-Clark inherited an IRA worth approximately $450,000 from her mother. When she later filed for bankruptcy, she sought to shield the inherited IRA from her creditors under the federal bankruptcy exemption for "retirement funds." The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that inherited IRAs do not qualify as retirement funds for bankruptcy purposes. The Court identified three features that distinguish an inherited IRA from a traditional IRA:

• The beneficiary cannot make additional contributions to an inherited IRA.
• The beneficiary must take required distributions regardless of age and regardless of whether they need the money for retirement.
• The beneficiary can withdraw any or all of the funds at any time without penalty.

The Court concluded that these features make an inherited IRA a collection of current wealth rather than a fund held for retirement. As a result, the entire balance was available to Heidi's creditors.

Why This Matters: An adult child who inherits a $500,000 IRA directly and is later sued, divorced, or files for bankruptcy may lose the entire account to creditors. Without proper planning, years of tax-deferred savings can vanish in a legal dispute the original owner never anticipated.

B. State Law Nuances

While Clark v. Rameker controls in federal bankruptcy court, some states have enacted laws that extend creditor protection to inherited IRAs under state law — though these protections may be limited in scope and uncertain in application. Clients in states with favorable inherited IRA protection laws should still consider trust planning, as those protections can be lost if the beneficiary moves to a different state. The prudent approach is to plan as if Clark v. Rameker applies in full, and treat any state-law protection as a bonus rather than a reliable shield.

Part III: Spousal Beneficiary Planning

A. The Spouse as Primary Beneficiary

Naming a surviving spouse as the primary beneficiary of an IRA remains the most flexible and tax-efficient choice for most married clients. A surviving spouse has rights that no other beneficiary receives under federal law:

• The spouse can roll over the inherited IRA into his or her own IRA, treating it as if it were always their own account.
• Alternatively, the spouse can remain a beneficiary on the inherited IRA — a choice that can be advantageous if the surviving spouse is younger than 59½ and needs access to the funds without the 10% early withdrawal penalty.
• If the spouse rolls over or treats the IRA as their own, RMDs are calculated using the Uniform Lifetime Table based on the spouse's own age — and do not begin until the spouse reaches age 73.
• If the deceased spouse was younger than the survivor, the surviving spouse can delay RMDs further by electing to use the deceased spouse's age as the measuring life.

B. Required Minimum Distributions for Spouses

Under the rules as updated by SECURE Act 2.0, the required beginning date for RMDs is April 1 of the year following the year the account owner turns age 73 (for those born between 1951 and 1959). For those born in 1960 or later, the RMD age will be 75 starting in 2033. When a surviving spouse inherits an IRA and rolls it into their own account, they can delay RMDs until age 73 — giving younger surviving spouses decades of additional tax-deferred growth.

Planning Opportunity: A surviving spouse who is under age 59½ and needs immediate access to funds should delay the rollover — by remaining a beneficiary, they can take distributions penalty-free. Once they reach 59½, they can then roll the account into their own IRA and restart the RMD clock at age 73.

C. Second Marriage Considerations

For clients in second marriages with children from a prior relationship, naming the current spouse as outright primary beneficiary can unintentionally disinherit the children from the first marriage. If the surviving spouse later remarries or changes their own beneficiary designations, the IRA assets may never reach the intended heirs. In these situations, careful consideration should be given to using a qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) trust or other trust structure as the IRA beneficiary, though this requires careful drafting to comply with trust beneficiary rules.

Part IV: Planning for Minor Children

A. Special Rules for Minor Children of the Decedent

Minor children of the original IRA owner are classified as "Eligible Designated Beneficiaries" (EDBs) under the SECURE Act — a special category that partially preserves the old stretch IRA rules, but only temporarily. A minor child who inherits an IRA can take RMDs based on their own life expectancy until they reach the age of majority (generally 21 under federal law). However, once they reach majority, the 10-year clock starts — meaning the entire balance must be withdrawn within 10 years after they reach adulthood.

B. Why Naming a Trust Is Often Essential for Minor Beneficiaries

Naming a minor child directly as an IRA beneficiary creates serious practical problems. A minor cannot legally manage financial accounts. If no trust is in place, the probate court will typically appoint a guardian of the property to manage the funds until the child reaches majority — at which point the entire account passes outright to an 18-year-old with no restrictions and no guidance. For most clients with minor children, naming the trust as beneficiary — with the child as the trust beneficiary — is strongly preferred. This approach provides:

• Professional asset management during the child's minority.
• Spendthrift and creditor protection provisions that guard against the child's future creditors or divorcing spouse.
• Distribution standards that can be tailored to the client's values (e.g., funds available for education, health, or support, but not for a 20-year-old's vacation fund).
• The ability to name a trusted individual or corporate trustee to serve as a fiduciary.

C. Conduit Trusts vs. Accumulation Trusts

For a trust to qualify as a "see-through" or "look-through" trust — enabling the individual beneficiary rules to apply — it must meet four requirements: 1) It must be valid under state law; 2) Irrevocable at death; 3) The beneficiaries must be identifiable; and 4) A copy of the trust must be provided to the IRA custodian by October 31 of the year following the year of death.

Conduit Trust: A conduit trust requires that all RMD amounts received from the IRA be immediately distributed out to the beneficiary each year. The trust cannot accumulate IRA funds. The advantage is simplicity and favorable RMD treatment. The disadvantage is that all distributions are taxed to the individual beneficiary and pass through to them outright, which undermines the creditor protection and asset preservation goals of many estate plans.

Accumulation Trust: An accumulation trust allows the trustee to retain IRA distributions inside the trust rather than immediately passing them to the beneficiary. This provides far stronger creditor protection and allows the trustee to manage distributions strategically. The trade-off is that trust income retained in the trust is taxed at trust income tax rates, which reach the highest marginal rate (37%) at only approximately $15,650 of taxable income (2026 threshold), potentially accelerating the income tax burden if distributions are not made to beneficiaries who are in lower brackets.

Drafting Tip: Trust documents used as IRA beneficiaries must be reviewed by an attorney with specific expertise in both trust law and IRA regulations. A standard revocable living trust is rarely appropriate as an IRA beneficiary without modification.

Part V: Planning for a Disabled or Special Needs Child — The Supplemental Needs Trust Strategy

A. A Uniquely Powerful Planning Opportunity

For families with a disabled or special needs child, the intersection of IRA planning and public benefits law creates both a significant hazard and a remarkable planning opportunity. Left unaddressed, an IRA inherited directly by a disabled beneficiary can cause immediate disqualification from critical government programs. Handled correctly through a Supplemental Needs Trust (SNT), the same IRA can provide a lifetime income stream, maintain government benefit eligibility, and — thanks to a specific SECURE Act exception — enjoy more favorable tax treatment than virtually any other non-spouse beneficiary category.

B. The Eligible Designated Beneficiary Exception for Disabled Individuals

Under the SECURE Act, disabled and chronically ill individuals are classified as Eligible Designated Beneficiaries (EDBs) — placing them in the same special category as a surviving spouse. As an EDB, a disabled beneficiary is exempt from the 10-year forced withdrawal rule and may instead stretch IRA distributions over their own life expectancy, potentially across decades.

Consider the difference: a healthy adult child must withdraw a $1 million IRA within 10 years, generating compressed ordinary income. A disabled sibling inheriting the same $1 million IRA can take distributions over a 40- or 50-year life expectancy, keeping annual distributions — and annual tax bills — small while the remaining balance continues compounding tax-deferred.

Key Advantage: A disabled EDB beneficiary can stretch IRA distributions over their lifetime — potentially 40 to 50 years — rather than being forced to withdraw the full balance within 10 years. For a $1 million IRA, this can result in dramatically lower annual income tax and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional after-tax wealth.

C. The Government Benefits Problem — Why Direct Inheritance Is Dangerous

Many disabled individuals rely on government benefit programs — most critically Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid — that have strict means-testing requirements. SSI generally limits countable resources to $2,000 for an individual. If a disabled individual inherits an IRA directly, the account balance may be counted as a resource for SSI and Medicaid purposes, potentially disqualifying the beneficiary from benefits they depend on for housing, healthcare, and daily care.

D. The Supplemental Needs Trust as IRA Beneficiary

The solution is to name a properly drafted Supplemental Needs Trust (SNT) as the beneficiary of the IRA, with the disabled child as the trust beneficiary. A third-party SNT (funded with assets belonging to someone other than the beneficiary) is specifically designed to hold assets for a disabled person's benefit without disqualifying them from SSI or Medicaid, because the trust assets are not considered available resources under the applicable benefit program rules. If you would like to learn more about how supplemental needs trusts work, you can reach our in-depth article by clicking here.

E. Why the Trust Must Be an Accumulation Trust

A conduit trust requires all IRA distributions to be passed through immediately to the beneficiary — which would count as income for benefit purposes and could trigger disqualification. An accumulation trust allows the trustee to retain distributions inside the trust and disburse them at the trustee's discretion for the beneficiary's supplemental needs. For this reason, any SNT designed to receive IRA assets must be structured as an accumulation trust.

F. See-Through Trust Requirements for SNTs

For the disabled beneficiary's EDB status to flow through to the trust — enabling the lifetime stretch — the SNT must satisfy all four see-through trust requirements. Additionally, the trust must satisfy the specific requirements for a disabled or chronically ill EDB trust under the SECURE Act regulations — including that the disabled individual must be the sole current beneficiary of the trust during their lifetime, with any remainder beneficiaries taking only after the disabled beneficiary's death.

Critical Drafting Warning: A standard revocable living trust, a typical testamentary trust, or even a well-intentioned SNT that was not drafted with IRA beneficiary rules in mind may fail to qualify as a see-through trust — costing the family the lifetime stretch and potentially requiring full distribution of the IRA within 5 years. This trust must be drafted by an attorney with expertise in both special needs planning and IRA distribution rules.

G. Coordinating the SNT with the Rest of the Estate Plan

For families with both disabled and non-disabled children, the SNT/IRA strategy requires careful coordination with the overall estate plan. Common approaches include:

• Allocating the IRA (or the largest IRA) to the SNT for the disabled child, taking advantage of the lifetime stretch, while directing other assets such as brokerage accounts, real estate, or life insurance to non-disabled children.
• Using a Roth IRA for the disabled child's share where possible — combining the tax-free distribution treatment of a Roth with the lifetime stretch and SNT creditor protection creates a particularly powerful result.
• Reviewing and updating beneficiary designations on all retirement accounts to confirm the SNT — and not the disabled child directly — is named as beneficiary.
• Ensuring life insurance or ILIT planning for non-disabled children is sized appropriately to equalize inheritances.

Part VI: Planning for Adult Children — The 10-Year Rule and Beyond

A. The SECURE Act's 10-Year Rule

Prior to the SECURE Act of 2019, non-spouse beneficiaries could "stretch" IRA distributions over their own life expectancy — sometimes 30, 40, or even 50 years. The SECURE Act effectively eliminated the stretch IRA for most beneficiaries. Under the 10-year rule, the entire account balance must be withdrawn by December 31 of the tenth year following the year of the IRA owner's death. There are no required annual distributions during years 1 through 9 — the beneficiary simply must empty the account by the end of year 10.

B. Who Qualifies as an Eligible Designated Beneficiary?

Certain beneficiaries are exempt from the 10-year rule and may still use the life expectancy (stretch) method. These Eligible Designated Beneficiaries (EDBs) include:

• The surviving spouse of the account owner.
• Minor children of the account owner (until they reach the age of majority, then the 10-year clock begins).
• Disabled individuals (as defined under the Internal Revenue Code).
• Chronically ill individuals.
• Any individual who is not more than 10 years younger than the deceased account owner.

Adult children who are healthy and more than 10 years younger than the parent do not qualify and are subject to the 10-year rule without exception.

C. Creditor Protection and the Clark v. Rameker Problem

As discussed in Part II, an adult child who inherits an IRA outright has no federal creditor protection for those funds. A child going through a divorce at the time of inheritance, or facing a business lawsuit, may lose a substantial portion of the account.

D. The Standalone Retirement Protection Trust (SRPT)

The Standalone Retirement Protection Trust — sometimes called an IRA Inheritance Trust or Retirement Benefits Trust — is a specialized irrevocable trust designed specifically to receive inherited IRA assets while maximizing both tax efficiency and asset protection. Unlike a standard revocable living trust, an SRPT is designed from the ground up to comply with the see-through trust rules and to optimize planning within the SECURE Act framework. A well-drafted SRPT can provide:

• Creditor Protection: Because the inherited IRA is held in a spendthrift trust, it is shielded from the beneficiary's personal creditors and, in many states, divorce proceedings.
• Divorce Protection: In states that honor spendthrift provisions in divorce, the SRPT can prevent an estranged spouse from reaching IRA assets that the client intended for their child.
• Generational Flexibility: Through the use of disclaimers and powers of appointment, an SRPT can allow IRA assets to cascade down to the next generation — enabling the trustee or beneficiary to shift income to family members in lower tax brackets.
• Income Tax Shifting: If grandchildren or other younger family members are named as remainder beneficiaries, and the trustee has flexibility to direct distributions, income can potentially be distributed to those in lower brackets, reducing the overall family tax burden during the 10-year window.

Example: Client has three adult children, all in the 35% bracket, who stand to inherit a $2 million IRA. Under direct beneficiary designation, all $2 million is taxed to the children within 10 years at high rates. An SRPT with a power of appointment allows distributions to be directed to grandchildren — potentially in the 12% or 22% bracket — dramatically reducing the overall tax cost while also protecting the principal from each child's personal creditors.

E. Disclaimer and Power of Appointment Planning

A sophisticated SRPT incorporates two powerful tools that give the family maximum flexibility in responding to circumstances at the time of inheritance:

Qualified Disclaimer: A beneficiary can disclaim (refuse) all or part of their inherited IRA interest within nine months of the original owner's death. The disclaimed amount then passes to the next named contingent beneficiary or to the remainder of the trust. This allows the family to optimize the distribution of assets based on actual, current tax rates at the time of inheritance.

Power of Appointment: A trustee or beneficiary can be given the authority to direct trust assets to any person or class of persons among a defined group. Combined with a disclaimer strategy, this creates an extremely flexible vehicle for multi-generational income tax planning.

Part VII: Roth Conversion as an Estate Planning Tool

A. Why Roth Conversions Matter

A Roth conversion involves transferring some or all of a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA and paying income tax on the converted amount in the year of conversion. For estate planning purposes, a Roth conversion has compelling benefits:

• No Required Minimum Distributions: A Roth IRA has no RMDs during the owner's lifetime, allowing the account to compound tax-free indefinitely.
• Tax-Free Inheritance: Heirs who inherit a Roth IRA still face the 10-year withdrawal rule, but all distributions are income tax-free. This is particularly valuable for adult children in high tax brackets.
• The Tax Bill Is the Gift: When a client converts and pays the income tax personally, they are effectively transferring wealth to their heirs equal to the tax paid — entirely free of gift or estate tax. The account passes to heirs at full value with no deferred tax liability.

B. Optimal Conversion Strategy

Roth conversions are most effective when executed strategically over multiple years rather than all at once. The goal is to fill up lower tax brackets each year — converting just enough to reach the top of the 24% bracket, for example, without crossing into 32%. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, 2025, permanently extended the individual income tax rates from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, making the current brackets the permanent baseline. Coordinating annual conversions with your CPA to systematically move traditional IRA balances to Roth at your current rate — before heirs inherit at theirs — is one of the most straightforward and high-value planning strategies available today.

Converting in tandem with charitable deductions — large charitable contributions can offset the conversion income, effectively reducing the net cost of a Roth conversion significantly in a given year.

Part VIII: Charitable Planning Strategies

A. Why IRAs Are Ideal Assets for Charitable Giving

IRAs are among the most tax-inefficient assets to pass to individual heirs and among the most tax-efficient assets to direct to charity. Unlike appreciated securities — where a charity receives a step-up in basis — an IRA transferred to charity generates no income tax at all, because charities are tax-exempt entities. The charity receives the full pre-tax value of the IRA with no federal income tax consequence.

This creates a compelling planning principle: clients who have both charitable intent and significant IRA balances should strongly consider directing the IRA to charity and using other, more tax-efficient assets (such as appreciated stocks or real estate with a step-up in basis at death) for individual heirs.

B. Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs)

For clients aged 70½ and older, the IRS permits direct transfers from a traditional IRA to a public charity — called a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) — of up to $111,000 per year (2026 and indexed for inflation). The amount transferred is excluded from gross income entirely, effectively making it tax-free. A QCD also counts toward the required minimum distribution for the year without being included in income. QCDs are one of the most powerful and underutilized charitable giving tools available to retirees.

C. Charitable Remainder Trusts: Extending the 10-Year Window

A Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT) is an irrevocable trust that pays an income stream to one or more non-charitable beneficiaries for a term of years or for life, with the remainder passing to a designated charity at the end of the trust term. When a CRT is named as the beneficiary of a traditional IRA, it creates a powerful planning opportunity that addresses the SECURE Act's 10-year rule directly.

At the IRA owner's death, the IRA balance is distributed to the CRT. The CRT is a tax-exempt entity, so the distribution goes in at full value with no immediate income tax. The CRT then pays out an income stream — typically 5% to 7% of the initial value per year — to the designated income beneficiaries over a defined term or for their lifetimes, potentially stretching what would have been a 10-year forced distribution into a potentially decades-long income stream.

Illustrative Example: A client dies with a $1.5 million IRA. Under the 10-year rule, the children must withdraw roughly $150,000 per year — all ordinary income. Instead, the IRA passes to a 20-year Charitable Remainder Unitrust (CRUT) with 6% annual payout. The children receive $90,000 per year for 20 years — roughly $1.8 million in total income — while the original $1.5 million continues to grow. The charity receives the remainder at the end of the term.

D. The CRT + ILIT Strategy: Maximum Wealth Transfer

For clients with large IRA balances, charitable inclination, and a desire to pass maximum wealth to their heirs on a tax-free basis, the combination of a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT) and an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT) represents a potentially transformative planning strategy. It is critical to understand that this strategy must be implemented during the client's lifetime — it cannot be structured as a death-time transfer.

Step 1: While living, the client transfers the IRA to a CRT as an inter vivos (lifetime) gift. Because the CRT is a tax-exempt entity, the IRA assets roll into the CRT with no immediate income tax on the transfer.

Step 2: The CRT pays an income stream — typically 5% to 7% of the trust value annually — to the client (and/or spouse) for life or a fixed term of years.

Step 3: The client uses the CRT income stream to fund annual premium payments on a life insurance policy owned by an ILIT — not by the client — so the death benefit is excluded from the client's taxable estate.

Step 4: At the client's death, the CRT remainder passes to the designated charity, fulfilling the client's philanthropic intent and generating a charitable estate tax deduction.

Step 5: Also at death, the ILIT pays out the life insurance death benefit to the named beneficiaries — typically the children — entirely income tax-free and estate tax-free.

Why This Can Outperform Direct Inheritance: Consider a client with a $2 million IRA. Under direct inheritance, children owe income tax on the full $2 million over 10 years — potentially netting $1.2 to $1.4 million after tax. Under the CRT + ILIT approach, the full $2 million enters the CRT with no immediate income tax, the CRT income funds a life insurance policy with a $3 million or more death benefit, and the children receive $3 million income and estate tax-free via the ILIT. The charity receives the CRT remainder. This strategy must be modeled with current actuarial and insurance assumptions before implementation.

Part IX: Side-by-Side Planning Summary

The following summarizes the key features of each beneficiary scenario discussed in this guide. 

Conclusion: Your IRA May Be Your Most Important Estate Planning Decision

Few estate planning decisions have as much financial consequence as how an IRA is owned, managed, converted, and ultimately transferred. The combination of income tax deferral, the SECURE Act's forced distribution rules, the Supreme Court's elimination of inherited IRA creditor protection, and the available charitable and life insurance strategies makes IRA planning one of the most technically complex areas of estate planning practice.

The strategies outlined in this guide range from relatively simple (naming the right spouse beneficiary, implementing a QCD program) to highly sophisticated (CRT + ILIT structures requiring a full professional team). The right approach depends on each client's family situation, tax circumstances, charitable intent, and risk tolerance. What is universal is the cost of inaction. Clients who name beneficiaries once and never review them are leaving significant wealth on the table and often passing a large, avoidable tax bill to the people they love most.

Next Step

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Disclaimer

This guide is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute legal, tax, or financial advice and should not be relied upon as such. The laws governing IRAs and estate planning are complex and subject to change. Individual circumstances vary significantly. Readers should consult with qualified legal, tax, and financial professionals before implementing any strategy discussed in this guide.