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Tax Treatment of Inherited IRA: Subject To Taxes

If you inherit an IRA account, you have some choices with what to do with the money and the tax treatment you receive from teh IRS. In some cases, if you do nothing, your money will be subject to federal income taxes. If you roll the money over into a new IRA account you can avoid paying taxes right away. If you take all the money out right away, you will have to pay taxes on the full amount as income.

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