Offshore Storage
Gold IRA Glossary
Keeping precious metals in vaults outside the United States, such as in Switzerland, Singapore, or Canada. For personally held metals this is a matter of preference and logistics, but IRA metals must be held through the account's custodian under IRS custody rules, so IRA storage stays with depositories your custodian works with. Foreign holdings outside an IRA can also carry tax reporting requirements.
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