cashISA  transfer mine to my wifes?

Hi,

I wonder if someone can lend their expertise?

Is it possible to transfer cashISA funds that are in my name to a new cashISA to be opened for my wife (at a different provider)? I understand that it's possible to change providers and transfer the entire funds so long as the account is in my name, but what if i want to do otherwise?

If the question sounds daft, pls do pardon my ignorance.

Pls hlp.

-Theo

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  • Milarky
    Milarky Posts: 6,355 Forumite
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    No. ISAs may not be transferred - just the cash inside them. You can close your ISA (subject to account conditions) and open an ISA for your wife - but only if she has not done so this year already.

    Make sense?
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  • laminki
    laminki Posts: 140 Forumite
    Theo.

    Answer is NO. :-/

    Reason is: Because that's the rules! :(

    You can transfer contents of a cash isa in your name to another cash ISA in your name (as long as you don't close it down first) but NOT to an ISA in someone else's name.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,093 Community Admin
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    Milarky & laminki.......

    Thanks for to you both for the advice......
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