how do i avoid paying taxes on an inherited ira 
some of the strongest tax avoidance strategies for an inherited ira are executed before the original owner passes away in many cases it s best for the individual to convert a traditional ira to a roth ira to potentially minimize the tax burden especially after their passing in addition individuals inheriting iras can choose to not take non qualifying distributions that would otherwise be taxable the bottom linemany individuals leverage traditional and roth iras to plan for their retirement unfortunately people may pass away before they make it to retirement age or withdraw all funds from their account inherited roth iras often have better tax avoidance capabilities though those inheriting traditional iras will be further constrained in addition traditional iras will have greater rmd requirements 