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I am retired, aged 67 and inherited one third each of 3 traditional IRAs from my mother, so can I roll the distributions over into my IRAs?

 
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I am retired, aged 67 and inherited one third each of 3 traditional IRAs from my mother, so can I roll the distributions over into my IRAs?

If you inherit a traditional IRA from anyone other than your deceased spouse, you cannot treat the inherited IRA as your own. This means that you cannot make any contributions to the IRA. It also means you cannot roll over any amounts into or out of the inherited IRA. However, you can make a trustee-to-trustee transfer as long as the IRA into which amounts are being moved is set up and maintained in the name of the deceased IRA owner for the benefit of you as beneficiary.

Like the original owner, you generally will not owe tax on the assets in the IRA until you receive distributions from it. You must begin receiving distributions from the IRA under the rules for distributions that apply to beneficiaries.

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p590b/ch01.html#en_US_2016_publink1000230540

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I am retired, aged 67 and inherited one third each of 3 traditional IRAs from my mother, so can I roll the distributions over into my IRAs?

If you inherit a traditional IRA from anyone other than your deceased spouse, you cannot treat the inherited IRA as your own. This means that you cannot make any contributions to the IRA. It also means you cannot roll over any amounts into or out of the inherited IRA. However, you can make a trustee-to-trustee transfer as long as the IRA into which amounts are being moved is set up and maintained in the name of the deceased IRA owner for the benefit of you as beneficiary.

Like the original owner, you generally will not owe tax on the assets in the IRA until you receive distributions from it. You must begin receiving distributions from the IRA under the rules for distributions that apply to beneficiaries.

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p590b/ch01.html#en_US_2016_publink1000230540

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