Request a Distribution Check from your current Roth IRA custodian.
a) If you are not requesting a distribution of the full
account, it is best to request at least $500-$1000 over the
projected amount of your initial investment in order to satisfy
PENSCO Trust's minimum cash balance requirement. Additionally,
you may want to leave extra cash in your new account to cover
your maintenence fee.
b) Ask that no taxes be withheld from your distribution, since you are going to avoid them anyway.
Complete PENSCO Trust's self-directed
Roth IRA application and hold on to it until you get your
Distribution Check.
Once you receive your check in the mail (or pick it up in
person), do the following:
a) Endorse the check over to your new PENSCO Trust Roth IRA. You
will flip it over, sign the back and write "Make payable
to PENSCO Trust FBO 'Your Name' Roth IRA".
b) Complete Sections I, IV, and VI of PENSCO Trust's
Rollover
Certification Form for Roth IRAs (so that we report the
contribution correctly to the IRS, enabling you to avoid tax
or penalties).
Mail the following to PENSCO Trust:
a) Application Form (original)
b) Rollover Certification Form (original)
c) Endorsed Check
d) Form of payment for the self-directed ROTH Set Up Fee
($50)
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