Transfer of Inherited/Beneficiary IRA

My client’s father passed away 4 months ago, leaving her as a beneficiary of his IRA. After he passed, his broker (an Edward Jones rep) assisted my client in moving the father’s IRA to an inherited/beneficiary IRA in my client’s name. Everything is fine and properly titled up to this point. My client wants to now move her inherited IRA – that’s still at Edward Jones – to my firm (I have all of her family’s other accounts). My question is this: Since the IRA was retitled in the past 4 months to an inherited IRA, is there any prohibition that prevents us from transferring the inherited IRA to my firm, especially since these moves are being done within 1 year? My gut feeling is that it shouldn’t be a problem, since it’s just a transfer of the inherited IRA, but I thought I’d ask to be sure. Thanks!



You are correct, an inherited IRA can be directly transferred any number of times. Completing father’s year of death RMD if he didn’t is required, but can be done before or after the transfer. No doubt EJ will charge some sort of exit fee. 

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