Foreign individual retirement Account

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May 14, 2025
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I have foreign (supplemental) individual/private retirement account (like ROTH-IRA, deposits paid after taxes by my parents) that my (non-US citizens living overseas) parents have been maintaining since they opened it when I was in college overseas. Now it reached to maturity due to my age. I am planning to withdraw and bring to the USA. It is valued a little over $20K. IRS website states I don’t need to report foreign financial accounts (FBAR) that are:

Held in an individual retirement account (IRA) of which you’re an owner or beneficiary,

When I contacted the financial institution about my intent to withdraw, they asked me to fill in and send FATCA form. I am totally confused if and when I should fill/file what (FBAR and/or FATCA). Any help or suggestion is appreciated.

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Best answer by Opus 17

A foreign account is not an IRA, even if it is a retirement account. An IRA is constituted under specific sections of US law. The wording you quote applies to US persons who have a US IRA that is invested in some kind of foreign investment.