Trusts as death beneficiaries of retirement plans
A trust cannot own a retirement account (e.g., an Individual Retirement Plan (“IRA”) or 401(k)) but it can be named as a death beneficiary. Until 2020, individuals receiving distributions from a retirement plan as a death beneficiary, either directly or as a beneficiary of a trust could expect to take annual taxable income distributions stretched out over their own lifetime; the stretch-out provided both tax deferred growth and income tax savings.
Source: record-bee.com