Pension RMD after death

[jmacorless]

My husband died 4 years ago.  He had received a small monthly pension from a former employer.  Out of the blue, this year I received a check in the mail.  The 1099R I received says in box 7 (4) which is Death.  I had heard nothing from them after I let them know he had died.  on TurboTax, it asks if this was a RMD and that one was due.  He was born in 1937, i was born in 1948.  I have figured the RMD on my money but not this one.  Do i need to pay on this.  He had opted to receive monthly payments with them to not continue after he died.

[MinhT1]

If this is the payment of the final balance of your husband's pension, then you can answer that this is a RMD and that you have satisfied all your RMD requirements.

[Opus 17]

When a pension is annuitized (distributed in equal monthly amounts stopping at death) then the payments automatically satisfy RMD rules.

[jmacorless]

This applies to the check I received over 4 years after his death?  ive not received ano other paymenta after his death.

[Opus 17]

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@jmacorless wrote:

This applies to the check I received over 4 years after his death?  ive not received ano other paymenta after his death.

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Yes.  Whatever this is (a final missed payment, or the remaining balance in the pension fund), an annuitized pension plan is deemed to be compliant with RMD rules.