File Your Representative Payee Report. The SSA requires that a representative payee file an annual accounting called the Representative Payee Report. This report details what you, as the representative payee, have done with the beneficiary's funds during the previous year.
You can roll over an inherited qualified annuity. This type of annuity resides in an individual retirement account or employer plan. A nonspouse beneficiary has limited options regarding how to roll over the annuity and when taxes are due.
Inheriting CD can add to taxes. Inheriting a CD can cost you money. Though an inheritance is not generally subject to federal income tax, the interest earned on an inherited CD is. To avoid that, you can close the account and withdraw the funds but the bank may charge an early withdrawal penalty in that case. The Web site for the Kansas City Star, Kansascity.com, ran a column on Monday penned by Claudia Buck in which a reader asked about the interest earned on an inherited CD.