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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 20191 was enacted on Dec. 20, 2019 as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020. The Internal Revenue Service released proposed regulations (proposed regs) under the SECURE Act on Feb. 24, 2022.2 These are only proposed regs, so they may change when final regulations are issued.
Background
Prior to the SECURE Act, a designated beneficiary could stretch distributions of inherited retirement benefits or accounts over their life expectancy (life expectancy rule) if permitted under the terms of the governing plan document.3 If the participant or individual retirement account owner (IRA owner) died on or after the date that required minimum distributions ...
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