Gold IRA IQ

Independent research on Gold IRAs, rollovers, costs, rules, companies and precious-metals retirement accounts.

Start with the decision, not the sales pitch

A Gold IRA is commonly used to describe an individual retirement arrangement that holds qualifying physical precious metals through a trustee or custodian. It is not a separate tax category. The account remains subject to IRA rules, while the metal itself must satisfy specific eligibility and custody requirements.

Gold IRA IQ is organized around four decisions: understand the account, compare providers, understand rollover mechanics, and calculate the costs and risks. For tax and custody questions, we prioritize IRS guidance; for precious-metals sales practices, we use CFTC/FINRA consumer-protection guidance.

Three facts worth knowing first

• The IRS generally treats metals and coins as collectibles, but provides exceptions for specified coins and qualifying gold, silver, platinum and palladium bullion.
• The IRS says qualifying bullion held by an IRA must be in the physical possession of a bank or an approved nonbank trustee; home-storage arrangements can create serious compliance risk.
• The CFTC and FINRA warn that precious-metals prices fluctuate and that dealer spreads, markups, commissions, storage and administrative costs can materially affect outcomes.

How Gold IRA IQ makes money

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