Transfer on Death is a form of account registration which allows individuals to pass the assets in their IBKR account directly to another person or entity upon their death without having to go through probate.  This registration option is solely available to individual accounts held by US residents (no joint or IRA accounts).

To elect this option, eligible account holders will need to do the following:

1. Log in to Client Portal and User menu (head and shoulders icon in the top right corner) followed by Settings. Next select Account Inheritance under the Account Configuration section.

2. You will need to specify your Primary Beneficiaries (from 1 to 6 whose percentage of ownership must total 100%)

3. You may elect to specify your Contingent Beneficiaries (from 1 to 6 whose percentage of ownership must total 100%).  If you do not elect any Contingent Beneficiaries you will need to specify how you wish the interests of any Primary Beneficiaries that predecease you shall be treated (either pass back to the account holder's estate or pass to the remaining Primary Beneficiaries).

4) In the event any Primary or Contingent Beneficiary is a minor you will be required to designate an authorizer signer.

5)  You will then be provided with a link to a pre-populated Transfer on Death Agreement which requires formal signature and notarization.  Instructions are also provided for submitting  the form.  If the account holder is married and living in a community property state, spousal consent is required if the spouse is not named as the primary beneficiary (it is the responsibility of the account holder to make this determination).

6) Once the agreement has been returned and reviewed for approval, the registration will be complete and the account title amended (e.g. Jane Doe, TOD).  Statements will also reflect this new account title.

7) Account holders may remove the TOD request prior to approval or revoke once approved (both via online option).  A new agreement will need to be completed, signed and returned prior to the revocation becoming effective. In order for a revocation request to be effective, it must be received and approved by IBKR prior to the account holder's death.

8) In the event of the death of the account holder, surviving family, heirs, beneficiaries or executors should notify IBKR Client Services via email to:

• estateprocessing@interactivebrokers.com (for US accounts).

Upon receipt of a certified death certificate, IBKR will commence estate processing to determine appropriate distribution of assets.  The process varies based upon account type, jurisdiction and other factors.  Processing instructions will be provided to verified estate administrators, heirs or beneficiaries.

In order for an employer to be set up so as to received this information, you will need to have them prepare and email to newaccounts@interactivebrokers.com a Rule 407 letter which confirms your employment and which serves as their request to receive duplicate statements and trade confirms. Assuming that your employer is a financial institution which, for in-house compliance purposes and/or as a result of regulatory mandate monitors the trading activities of their employees, they should be familiar with the preparation and contents of this letter. 

You may also want to first verify with your employer whether they are a participant in the IBEmployeeTrack^SM program which automatically identifies new IB accounts opened by employees and organizes into a single daily transmission the reports required for all.

Note that once established, this reporting cannot be terminated without confirmation from the employer that the delivery of statements and confirms is no longer required.

NOTE:

If this request is being driven by a change in the account holder's employment, the account holder should update their employment information within Account Management. In addition, if the account holder selects the Applicant Information and then Regulatory Information menu options within Account Management they will be presented with the following question:

Is the account holder or any immediate family member who resides in the same household, registered as a broker-dealer or an employee, director or owner of a securities or commodities brokerage firm?

Answering 'Yes' to that question will prompt a series of questions and generate a sample Rule 407 letter.

Information:

To transfer an FA Managed account to an Individual IB account, you must create a new Individual account where all aspects of the new account match those of the existing account (titles, tax ID's, trading permissions). Once the new account is approved, log into the old account's Account Management, select Funds Management -> Internal Transfers.

Note

• Only Cash can be internally transferred from an FA managed account to an Individual IB account.  IB does not currently provide a facility for performing an internal account transfer when moving from an FA managed account to an individual account.