Financial-content notice: Educational information only. Precious metals involve risk, and IRA/tax rules can be consequential. Consider qualified financial, tax and legal advice for your circumstances.
What to know
A cautious look at the custody issue and why primary IRS guidance matters before acting on 'home storage IRA' marketing.
A precious-metals IRA adds custody and physical-storage considerations that do not exist in the same way for a conventional brokerage account. Ask for the custodian and depository names, written fee schedules, storage terms and documentation before committing funds.
Questions worth asking
- Who is the IRA custodian?
- Where are the metals stored?
- What storage option is actually offered to this account?
- Which fees are one-time and which recur?
- How are purchases, sales and distributions documented?
Custody caution: Do not rely on marketing claims about personally storing IRA-owned bullion without reviewing primary IRS rules and qualified tax/legal advice.
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Primary sources
- Augusta Precious Metals official website — use for current company-specific claims.
- IRS: Rollovers of retirement plan and IRA distributions — primary rollover guidance.
- IRS Publication 590-A — IRA contribution and rollover reference.