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IRS clarifies IRA-to-IRA rollover guidance

Beginning next year, all of an individuals IRAs will be treat as if they were one IRA for purposes of applying the rollover limit, the IRS said.

By Melanie Waddell | Updated on November 12, 2014

The Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday issued guidance reflecting a change made earlier this year by a tax court ruling that said IRA holders can do only one IRA-to-IRA rollover per year.

Until year-end, the IRS said, the one-per-year limit applies only on an IRA-by-IRA basis (that is, only to rollovers involving the same IRAs).

Beginning next year, the limit will apply by aggregating all of an individual’s IRAs, effectively treating them as if they were one IRA for purposes of applying the limit, the IRS said.

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