heirs

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But withdrawals can be taxed at the lower, long-term capital-gains rate, and your heirs can inherit the money without owing any tax on its appreciation during your lifetime.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Instead of converting $1 million into an account where it will grow tax-free and be more easily managed by heirs because they won’t owe tax on their inheritance, you’d be converting $630,000.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Since you wouldn’t have to worry about running out of money in old age, you might travel the world, buy a sports car, or gift an early bequest to heirs.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Seven years after his death, his heirs are still fighting to make that happen.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Because of contacts he’d made in the States with the Mellon family—wealthy heirs of Pittsburgh banker and philanthropist Andrew Mellon—he quickly headed to the town of Deschapelles, in the lower Artibonite Valley.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French