The Dead and the Incorporated

A woman is sixty seconds from a mistake that could cost her tens of thousands in taxes, and no one has warned her. The two hardest transfers are the ones where the owner can’t speak for themselves: the account whose owner has died, and the account whose owner was never a person at all. Inherited IRAs, the SECURE Act 10-year rule, the FBO titling, and how a company proves who’s allowed to move its money.

Explainer July 1, 2026  ·  20 min listen  ·  The Transfer Desk, part 3

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The Transfer Desk  ·  3-part series
1 The Machine That Moves Your Money 18 min 2 The Name on the Account 21 min 3 The Dead and the Incorporated 20 min