Indirect Rollover made by Trust
Hypothecially.
If a trust was the beneficiary of an IRA. Owner of the IRA dies. The trustee closed the IRA and the trust received the check, NET of withholdings. Then the trustee rolled the net funds received into an inherited IRA at another firm. Is this allowed and excluded from tax and considered an indirect rollover?
I do not believe it is allowed. Since the transaction was not a trustee to trustee rollover it would be taxable by the trust in the year it was received.
Permalink Submitted by Alan - IRA critic on Tue, 2025-02-18 11:15
You are correct. The inherited IRA has now received a disallowed rollover which is an excess contribution.
The only possible exception is if the sole beneficiary of the trust was the surviving spouse. There have been PLRs that allowed the spouse to do a 60 day rollover in this situation.
Permalink Submitted by Michael Cody on Tue, 2025-02-18 20:52
Thank you