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Estate Planning: What Happens to Your Money After You Die? By Douglas Goldstein, CFP® - helping olim handle U.S., IRA, investment, and brokerage accounts from Israel One of the most important issues in estate planning is what happens to your money after you die. How quickly your heirs receive the inheritance depends largely on your estate planning. (If you’re having any difficulties with an inheritance, please email me at doug@profile-financial.com.) 3 things to consider when planning your estate When setting up U.S. IRA and brokerage accounts for clients who live in Israel, I ask them to consider what will happen when they no longer need their money. Here’s where to start: Provide beneficiaries for your retirement accounts. Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), 401(k) plans, and many other retirement and insurance programs can be transferred to heirs via a beneficiary designation, and therefore do not need to be included in a will. When you fill in the new account paperwork, provide details about who shoul